ARTHIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fourth Dynasty Of Egypt, Gneiss, Pediment
10 Jun 2013
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Post and lintel: two upright (posts) support a horizontal element (lintel) Egypt had different structures than greece: mastaba: a burial chamber underground was used for bodies and treasures, stepped pyramid, pyramid. Gneiss = rock khafre, giza, valley temple of khafre, fourth dynasty. Greek orders: doric (top is called a simple/plain capital, no base, shorter, ionic (voluted on capital, meaning scrolls on top, base, corinthian (volutes and acanthus leaves on capital, base, characteristic of the. Hellenistic era) (look at columns to identify them, know the basic pieces found in the textbook such as cornice, frieze, capital (top bit), pediment, entablature, column, shaft, flute, volute, ancantus leaf, base, comice) Outward & downward thrust, buttressing, keystone, pier, bay, arcade. Barrel vaults, groin vaults, buttresses (in barrel vaults) and piers (in groin vaults) Basillica(s) ulpia: floor plan includes nave (main central space), aisles (between columns), clerestory, apse (curved part at the end) Dome on pendentives and a dome on squinches.
