midterm questions shit Flashcards
Whale transformation mask & Pectoral Necklace
//WTM Kwakiuti people 19th century Canada, British Columbia Wood sculpture (wood, paint, cord, metal, leather, denim) Ceremonial purpose //PN ca. 1887 - 1878 BC Dynasty 12, Middle Kingdom Egypt Gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise, garnet, etc Purpose: Display of power of Pharaoh and wealth of Egypt
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors & Donatello’s David
//VC ca. 1441 - 1443 Jan Van Eyck Jan Vos commissioned the painting to serve as a memorial after his death ensured an indulgence //DD approx 1430 - 1450 [early renaissance] bronze, lost wax casting first male nude and first freestanding statue since antiquity
What are the three A’s of the Mayan civilization? How does each materialize in what we’ve studied?
Art, agriculture, and astronomy
Art: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House in LA that incorporated characteristics of Mayan architecture including opaque color scheme, geometric patterns, flat roofs, stucco, and a connection to the landscape. Example of Mayan revival architecture.
Astronomy: Mayan calendar is still in use. Heavily influenced the Gregorian calendar system. Believed the day you were born had a heavy influence on your life.
Agriculture: Palace and Temple of inscriptions and many others star the Maize god.
What are the primary examples of classical architecture? What are the hallmarks/characteristics of it? What places have structures that inspire neoclassical architecture?
Parthenon in Athens Greece inspired the Pantheon (Rome) –> Villa Rotonda built by Andrea Palladio (Pediment & columns) –> House of Monticello by Thomas Jefferson.
Characteristics: Pediment, Columns (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), Colonnade, domes, oculus
- Expressed power through grandeur
What even in the 1920’s led to the design movement that celebrated/appropriated an ancient culture? Where did it take place and which culture was it? What archeological discovery led to the even in the 1920’s and where was the event?
The discover of the funery mask of Tutankhamun fueled Egyptomania, leading to the Parisian exhibition in 1925 where Cartier debuted several Jewelery pieces that appropriated Egyptian culture and the 2018 Chanel show that appropriated Egyption culture and held the runway at the Temple of Dendur.
Proto cuneiform and Inka Khipu
//PC 3100 - 2900 BC Mesopotamia tiny recorded and stored economic info //IK 1425 - 1532 CE Peru Cotton and other fibers
Pensive Bodhisattva and Buddha of Medicine
//PB mid 7th century three kingdom era, Korea religious, Buddhism Represents a Buddhist deity who has attained enlightenment but chosen to delay their ascension to Nirvana to help others reach enlightenment gilded gold //BM
terra cotta army and empress Theadora and her attendants
//TCA 201 BCE China comfy afterlife for QinShi Huangdi 7000+ figures terracotta clay //ET 547 CE Church of Saint Vitali, Italy 1 big piece, mosaic Evidence of her power
