VPHA46H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ring Finger Domain, Nam June Paik, Frida Kahlo
Document Summary
Formal characteristics: sculpture, made from limestone, traces of red ochre, 4 inches, large breast, a bulging stomach, wide hips and solid thighs. Formal characteristics: green schist, slab, 25 , almost completely in profile, twisted perspective (combination of perspective, hieroglyphs. Cultural context: narmer is the largest figure depicted on the palette, and he towers over the less important human beings who surround him. Both sides portray him victorious over his enemies, he raises a mace to smite a prisoner. Formal characteristics: granite and limestone, 137m, 3 false passage ways were created to mislead others from getting at tomb. Cultural context: funerary art; pyramid will be the home for the king and his tomb, built never to be disturbed. Formal characteristics: brick, dome shape, 10 ft high stone railing punctured by 4 stone gateways, rings the entire stupa. Cultural context: buddha is represented by symbols such as the stupa, stupa"s derived from burial mounds, rituals took place at the stupas.
