I. PRE-HISTORIC and WEST ASIATICARCHITECTURE 1. The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the ROCK CAVE. 2. A pre-historic burial mound is called TUMULUS. 3. Monoliths or menhirs are prototypes of the Egyptian PYRAMID. 4. The Stonehenge is an example of STONE CIRCLE. 5. The smallest among the famous pyramids at Gizeh is the PYRAMID of MYKERINOS/MENKAURE. 6. The Egyptian gateway to temples is called PYLON. 7. The Egyptian ornament symbolizing fertility is PAPYRUS. 8. Pillars that
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’evidence [...] of the transition from the Old Kingdom pyramid temple to the ’houses of millions of years ’ of the New Kingdom ’5 and so is significant in the movement of Ancient Egyptian architecture. Within the complex‚ a series of painted sandstone statues of Mentuhotep were found which ’are the earliest to represent the dead king in the so-called ’Osirian ’ pose ’6 (see Fig 2). Additionally‚ Mentuhotep seems to have been the first king to build a ’grand stone hypostyle hall in Egyptian architecture
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commission statues of bodhisattvas to be made as a tribute to the western paradise that awaited them. This particular relief stele was found in a temple in the Chinese province of Henan. Featured are a pair of bodhisattvas‚ Guanyin and Dashizhi‚ who are the most associated with the Buddha Amitahba. They appear regal in their position and at the same time are welcoming. On the reverse side‚ there is a representation of the classic Buddha and attendants‚ where the Amitahba is seated and surrounded
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scene of Gautama preaching the Dharma. In front of the throne placed two Prithvi lifting a lotus‚ Boshan incent burner decorated with honeysuckles‚ and two lion guardians. A lotus pagoda appears at the center of the niche‚ which enshrines four statues of seated Buddha. On the exterior flank two standing Buddha who point at the pagoda‚ identified as Gautama Buddha and Prabhutaratna Buddha. Together‚ the scene entails the passage from the Lotus Sutra (法华经·见宝塔品) when Gautama appears in Mount Lingjiu to
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given to these creatures so that they can execute their job as guardians of the palace because from the front the creature is standing still‚ but from the side is a different perspective where the creature is active and gliding. As I take the Greek Statue of a Kouros I felt restricted‚ stiff and rigid because the left leg is forward‚ but the arms are at the side representing the dichotomy between freewill‚ shown by the movement of the leg‚ and the rules of society shown by posture of the arms to the
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Introduced by a mission from Korea in 552 C.E.‚ Buddhism has long been a central theme in Japanese artwork. Since the king of Paekche‚ a kingdom in the South East of the Korean peninsula‚ first gave the Japanese emperor a bronze Buddha statue‚ the Buddhist art forms that were periodically introduced from China and Korea were tempered in the crucible of local custom and usage‚ to yield a rich tradition of religious art. The role of Buddhism in Japan was greatly amplified during the life and reign
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constructed colossal statues. The largest of these‚ the Colossi of Memnon‚ still stand in their original position in a cane field on the western side of the Nile at Thebes. These seated statues of Amenhotep III once marked the entry to his mortuary temple. Each statue is carved from a single piece of stone and is over sixteen meters high. Another set of huge statues exists‚ of Amenhotep and his Greta Royal Wife‚ Tiye. These statues now dominate the atrium of the Cairo Museum. Such statues‚ by their sheer
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tributaries. Carved into the Bamiyan Cliffs are the two niches of the giant Buddha statues (55m and 38m high) destroyed by the Taliban in 2001‚ and numerous caves forming a large ensemble of Buddhist monasteries‚ chapels and sanctuaries along the foothills of the valley dating from the 3rd to the 5th century C.E. In several of the caves and niches‚ often linked by galleries‚ there are remains of wall paintings and seated Buddha figures. In the valleys of the Bamiyan’s tributaries are further groups of
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portrait of the duke’s "last" or previous duchess‚ painted straight on one of the walls of the art gallery by the friar named Pandolf. The Duke maintains this portrait just behind a curtain which only he is permitted to draw. Whilst the servant was seated on a bench looking over at the portrait‚ the Duke explains the situations in which it was painted as well as the destiny of his ill-fated ex- wife. It appeared that the Duchess was pleased without difficulty: she smiled at all‚ plus seemed just as
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Seven Ancient Wonders of the World 3 The Seven Wonders of the ancient world have many amazed with their beauty‚ size‚ and magnificence. From pyramids‚ to monuments‚ and towering statues these are just few of the wonders that have many puzzled. Most question how it was even possible for the wonders to be constructed with the use of modern machines and tools. Also how do we even know all existed; only one of the seven are still standing. Much of what we know comes from texts left behind by
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