AP Art History Tri 2
Bandolier Bag. Lenape (eastern Delaware) tribe. 1850 CE. Beadwork on leather Form: trait cloth (colorful), glass beads around, replaced quill work, main elements were texture and patterns, silk ribbons, for decoration Function:ceremonial purposes, mostly for decoration purposes Content:They went across the bodies. Worn by men made by woman, colors compliment ceremonial, symbolize the 4 points(north, south, west, east), some parts represent the heavens and other sides the underworld. Context: made in the Woodlands(around Canada region), still made today
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Black on black ceramic vessel. Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez, tewa, Puebloan, San IIdefonso Form: backward ceramic, clay, hand form sculpt with rock(pinching, coil), smolthered fire with powdered manure so it's solid, it was a family effort Function: she sold them to people around the world Content: her signature on the pot added value, a bird in flight, and clouds, not functional (can't hold anything) only for decoration Context: railroads began to buy cheap pots, excavated with her husband, revived her community
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Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe. Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. 1000-1400 CE. Coursed graniite blocks. Form:rock construction, granite, wall surounds the site, no mortar which allows it to stand(impressive tech), advanced stone masonry, soapstones, huts made out of mud- daga Function: a place for royalry to live bottom town had more than 8,000 people who onced lived there. Content: large area, central parts get closer-wealth, animals, agriculture, small tower structure(masculine component), curved walls (feminine), bins to store goods, wealthy areas had courtyards that were decorated(maybe for ceremonies), soapstones had bird decorations, symbols of fertility Context: close to gold trade route source of their wealth,
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Fallingwater. Pennsylvania, US. Frank Lloyd Wright. 1936-1939 CE. Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass Form: waterfall part of the house, integrate architecture with nature, organic architecture, linead, assymetrical, as if it was floating, look depends on seasom, balance, rhythm, movement, everything went around nature, focus on horizontal lines Function: vacation home Content: waterfall Context: Koufnunn family wnated to escape outside the smokey city of Pittsburgh
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Great Mosque of Djenne. Mali. Founded 1200 CE. Rebuilt 1906-1997. Adobe. Form: fold minneretes attached to wall, open space for prayer, clay with mortar, wood beams on building for holding the structure Function: pray facing mecas location Content: Qiba, top represents ostrich eggs-symbol of fertility and purity Context: still used as a Mosque today, gone through 3 major renovations, a unique mosque-not this scale.
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House in New Castle County. Delaware, US. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown. 1978-1983 CE. Wood frame and stucco Form: weird arches for bird watching, blrrowed from differemt places;churches, warm colors, child like, Function: home for an odd couple Content: chandelier, music room, odd arches, similar to columns from hagia Sophia, looks like a barn Context: the architect made others like this, defines what architecture is about in modenism
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Maize cobs. Inka. 1440-1533 CE. Sheet metal/ repousse, metal alloys Form: life size corn, coated in metal Function: used in ceremonies since corn was important to their culture Content: corn was feed to politicians, trade with other communities Context: corn was an important crop for inkas
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Nan Madol FORM: ruined city of stone, coral fill platforms, tidal channels, more than 100 artificial islets called "Venice of the Pacific" FUNCTION: noble residence; allowed Saudeleur Chiefs to keep a close eye on political rivals, who were forced to live in Nan Madol CONTENT: walls around the central royal tomb were 18-25 feet high; had various characteristics necessary for a city as stated above; less than 1,000 people lived there, most of whom were commoners CONTEXT: island of Temwen (then called Pohnpei) in Micronesia, still main island of the country; Saudeleur dynasty (1100-1628 CE), Olosohpa and Olosihpa are thought to be the architects; Nan Madol means "spaces between"; the islets completed in different stages of time
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Seagram Building. NYC. Lufwig miles van der Rohe and Phillip Johnson. 1954-1958 CE. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze. Form: symmetrical, bronze, simple, modernized entasis, building fluted like a column, american modernism, nature into the work Function: seagram liquor building Content: i beams go vertically up, love of greek architecture, open space to appreciate buildimg Context: ome of the most classical buildings of this city
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Sullivan Carson. Pine Scott building. 1899. Form: american art deco, decorative, organic lines, ornate, circular entrance, interior was also ornate Function: office and commercial use (skyscrapper) Content: numerous entrances, contrast on commercial space and office Context: start of modernization, artist: Louis Sullivan
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The Kaaba. Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Form: Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver wrapped thread, Function: People pilgrimage to Mecca which is the holysite, to bring people together(community event), Content: Tawaf-ritual(people go around kaaba 7 times, sky has 7 layers men have 7 souls), 5 pillars of faith, Haram- restricted Islam event, Context: beginning phase of one god-monasticism,
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The Swing. Jean-Honore Fragonard. 1767 CE. oil on canvas Form: oil on canvas, rococo Function: portrait of a love affair, restrictions of arranged marriage Content: a woman swinging, man hiding in brush, man in the shadows symbolizing arranged marriage Context: commissioned by Baron de St. Julien
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Villa Savoye. Poissy-sir-Seine, France. Le Corbusier. 1929 CE. Steel and reinforced concrete. Form: steel and reinforced concrete, pilotis:slender columns, roof terraces: bring nature into an urban setting, free plan: allowed interior space to be distributed at will, free facade: smooth plane used for formal experimentation, ribbon windows: let in light, integrated outdoor and indoor spaces, Function: a house for wealthy patrons Content: five points of architecture, seems as if the house is floating Context: located outside of Paris, unrestricted site allowed for total creative freedom
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park. Diego Rivera. 1947-1948 CE. Fresco Form: Fresco, several cultures, balloons, people of different time periods Function: it represents all the people that created and built Mexico, it seems as if they are celebrating but looking closely there is a lot of conflict. Content: Hernan Cortez, Fray Juan Zumarraga, Santa Ana, Winfield Scott, Rivera and Frida Kahlo, La Calavera Catrina Context: the artist drew real people who were in different time periods in the same location
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