Part 1: Slides Flashcards
Kabba
Kabba, Mecca:
People walk around it as one of the rituals for the 5 pillars of islam. This is called the hajj.
Part of the rutual is that you have to walk around the Kabba 7 times counter clockwise.
Muhammad took part in the reconstruction of the Kaaba after its structure was damaged due to floods around 600 CE.
Court of The Lions
Alhambra Granada, Spain. 1354-1391
7 Lions supported the structure.
Water travels through the halls.
The design is extremely geometric and incorporated the golden ratio.
Garden Carpet
The so-called Wagner Carpet. Iran. 17th century.
Has channels, ducks, fish, medallion in the middle, medallion in the middle is center of universe
Placed in a palace court.
Represents the garden of paradise
The Great Stupa
at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh, India, 3rd C BCE - enlarged 150 BCE.
The border separated the regular world from the holy world.
Each corner was a cosmogram that indicated N,S,E,W.
Bhudda was split up and buried on each corner.
3 orders (umbrellas): Law, dynastic order…
The life journey is indicated on the gate where he ran away and escaped.
Standing Bhudda
Bamiyan, Afhanistan. c. 5th century CE.
A statue that watches over.
Wears a toga, pilgrims could walk up around the back.
Located on the silk road which was very dangerous because of bandits.
Was blown up…
Angkor Wat
Angkor, Cambodia. 12th century CE.
Points to the direction of the setting sun.
Around it was covered in landmines, they did some arial views of the whole complex, and its a mile long.
Ceramic Soldiers
the mausoleum of Emperor Shihuangdi, Lintong, Shaanxi. Qin dynastu, c.210 BCE
8k lifesize figures
Meant to protect emperor Shihuangdi in the afterlife.
A rebellion happened and they took the weapons to use against the emperor to gain control.
Each figure is unique.
Still haven’t excavated some of it.
Colossal Head
San Lorenzo Mexico. Olmec culture, c.1200-900 BCE
They were created when a leader was elected.
Destroyed when a new leader came to lead.
About 20 tons in weight.
Bloodletting Ritual
Fresco from Teotihuacan, Mexico. Teotihuacan culture, c. 550-650 CE.
Giving blood to the Gods because God gave them their bodies.
The ruler had a whole through their tongue so that they could get blood at any time.
Earth Drawing (Geoglyph)
of Hummingbird, Nazca Plain, SW.Peru, Nazca culture, c. 1-700 CE.
Dug extremely long (miles) long trenches that outlined the drawings of different animals.
Dark soil was shifted as well to see them.
Bowl w/ Scorpions
Swarts Ruin, Southwest New Mexico. Mimbres culture, c. 1000-1150 CE
Usually has a hole in it.
Placed over the faces of the dead (dead were buried in the basement of houses).
Scorpions are one of many animals that carried the soul up to the spirit world.
Taj Mahal
Agra, India. Mughal period, reign of Shah Jahan, c. 1632-1648
Symmetrical.
Made as a burial place for Shah Jahan
Cypress trees: citrus trees representing life.
Semiprecious gemstones used to create the calligraphy in the design.
As tall as is wide.
Victoria Terminus
Frederic Stevens, Mumbai, India. 1887
Elements of architecture that are Gothic.
Train station.
Statues that represented progress.
Landscape
Shitao, Leaf from An Album of Landscapes. Quing dynasty, c. 1700.
Artist is trying to isolate himself in nature which represented his emotions.
Depict all his fears and frustration.
Rock Garden
Ryoanji, Kyoto Muromachi period, c. 1480
Gravel simbolizes purity.
Samurai would attack and take bonsai trees and rocks because they were valuable.
The trees contrasted the rocks.
