ARCH20221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iranian Architecture, Ishtar Gate, Lamassu
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Had ark of covenant: which stood on the podium framed by solomonic columns. 3 rooms: porch, central hall, oracle (holy of holies) Legendary location of this is next to dome of the rock. Destroyed/burned in 586 bc by nebuchadnezzar and babylonians. Herod the great made bigger in 37-34 bc. Destroyed again in ad 70 by romans. Roman temple was made in ad 130 by hadrian. Khorsabad, assyria: citadel of sargon ii, 720-706 bc, supposed to be a city , has massive walls. Carvings with people giving tribute: ziggurat => cosmos. Link between heaven and earth: lamassu => guardian, almost maze-like pathways. Everything is made out of sun-dried mud brick. Ishtar gate: what we covered at the beginning of lesson, with lions, very blue, glazed brick, registers (rows) of lions and dragons. Dragons = ishtar, goddess of love: framing elements, crenellations (battlements of a castle) on top. Ziggurat of marduk: ~ tower of babel in the bible.
