ARTHIST 1AA3 Final: LECTURE REVIEW
16 Apr 2017
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Across the globe: art and grandeur in the 16th to 20th centuries (p13) Rare surviving example of a japanese castle today and best preserved. Built on mountain in city of hyogo, japan. Means of controlling roots between different territories. Designed to impress and to function as defensive fortification; as aid for military attack. Daimyo a feudal ward like terumasa. Gable part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof (triangular portion of wall between edges of intersecting roof: cusped gable curved top of roof. Plaster mixture of water, sand, lime: walls were covered with plaster to ensure fire-proofing, made walls thicker. Castle also known as white haren castle looking like a bird ready to take flight. Mausoleum monumental building that"s used as a tomb: designed as a mausoleum for mumtaz mahal. Cenotaph funerary tomb or monument to someone buried elsewhere. Ustad ahmad lahori master ahmad of lahor.
