ARTHIST 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kazimir Malevich, The Gross Clinic, The Starry Night
16 Oct 2017
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Located in hyogo, designed to impress, show the power of the leader and the stability of the commanding power. Designed as a defensive area and built at the bottom of a hill. Normal and cupped gables, walls covered in plaster and stones. Symbol of the leaders strength and for love and mourning. Collaborative project, called upon global professionals and decorative features were imported from all over euroasia. Panes of large mirrors and candlelight illuminated mirrors and candelabra. Paintings fill the ceiling and highlight louis 14th military history. Semi public space for receptions where the king processed. Only fragments exist, spanish came to destroy everything of pre hispanic culture but missed over this aztec creation. Templo mayor is in the centre and the tallest structure, it was for shrines and ceremonial events. Had four platforms raised on a podium, different temples dedicated to different gods. A sculpture made of basalt, large aztec carving, weighs 3 tonnes.
