Final Questions Flashcards
Etruscans:
when? were they war like? what did they build with (what’s left)? What’s an example of per stages from the Etruscans? Were they wealthy? Did they absorb Greek culture?
- 8th-1st Century BCE
- mud brick and wood, so only tumuli left
- Marzobotto
- very wealthy
- absorbed Greek culture
Pont du Gard:
what is it? what did it use?
- roman aqueduct
- used centering, arch work, tunneling, gravity, and pressure systems
Roman Works in Masonry
- opus incerum: irregular stones
- opus reticulated: nets
- opus testaceum: biscuits
- opus mixtum: mix of 2+ others
tomb of the baker, rome:
what is it an example of? what narratives are present?
- roman family tomb construction during republic
- occupation during lifetime, and celebrating ancestors
housing in rome:
what were houses made of before the great fire? what kind were made after? what does insula mean?
- used to be made of half-timber construction
- apartment buildings after
- insula either means apartment buildings or a block
golden house:
what were 2 main features? what kind of plans were used?
- groin vaults and piers
- octagonal plans, apsidal spaces, and natural lighting
house of prophet muhammad at medina:
what was his house the model for? what purpose did the courtyard serve? who comprised Islam? did they build new buildings for islam/?
- house was a model for future mosques
- courtyard was a place for preaching and group prayer
- religion of nomads
- didn’t depend on any building, so repurposed others
minaret at Great Mosque:
what was it an example of?
-example of minaret built after models of existing Roman lighthouses
Emperor Shi Huangdi and Xianyang:
what did he build? what did he create? what was he known for?
- built first great empire
- built funerary complex and added greatly to the great wall
- funerary complex had the first and largest tomb
- also had 8,000 terra-cotta soldiers
La Venta, Olmecs, Mexico:
what made it a prototype for later Mexican ceremonial and urban sites?
- orthogonal layout
- pyramid at head of axis
- ball-court ritual space
Monte Alban, Mexico:
what was it primarily used for? what “firsts” did it have?
- primarily used for ritual and sacrifice
- first evidence of observatory in Meso-America
- first evidence of repeated use of pyramid motifs for altars
what other shrine is important to islam?
Kaaba of Mecca
2 terms for major streets in Rome?
Cardo and Decumanus
main difference between Chinese and roman houses?
they both were on a longitudinal axis, but had different points of entry (public vs. private)
where would a japanese pagoda be located in comparison to a chinese one?
chinese would be right on the axis, while japanese would be off to the side with buddha being right on the axis
