ARTH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Coffer, Barrel Vault, Minoan Civilization
21 Sep 2016
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Colorful frescoes (plaster wall paintings), depicted many bulls. Contained many rooms, running water, sewage system, theater, storerooms, terraces, and elaborately decorated quarters for the rulers. Naval power influenced by greek archaic culture (greek gods and alphabet) Built elaborate tombs with wall paintings & sarcophagi of clay. Use of arch major innovation building bridges and buildings, adopted by. Innovations: cement, concrete brick facades, arch, barrel vault. Engineering fecit: bridges, aqueducts, art complexes, basilicas (huge meeting halls) Victory arches and columns (model for napoleon) Regular pattern of interlocking right angle and vertical lines. Formative phase [geometric period 1800-700 bce]: clay vessels, stick figure stylized d cor. Archaic (old) phase [600-480 bce]: 7th century = monumental arch and stone sculpture, ceramic black figure vases on red clay. Statues archaic smile, stiff, column-like, clothed/nude, frontal. Classical [480-323 bce]: statues in round, perfection/serenity, contraposto = natural stance.
