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Caves of Lascaux France c. 28,000 B.C.E . The Painted Gallery. Caves of Lascaux France c. 28,000 B.C.E . Shaft of the Dead Man. Stonehenge 3,100 B.C.E. Wiltshire England. Skara Brae c. 3,000 B.C.E. Scotland Orkney Mainland. Teotihuacan c. 300-700 C.E. Mexico City Mexico.
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Caves of Lascaux France c. 28,000 B.C.E. The Painted Gallery
Caves of Lascaux France c. 28,000 B.C.E. Shaft of the Dead Man
mastaba • sepulchral structure built above ground • elaboration of pre-dynastic burial-pit & mound form • generally rectangular in plan with a flat roof and inward-sloping walls • built of brick and faced with limestone slabs
Structural Conservatism • angle of repose—natural “structure” of earth when piled • battered—or has a slope • Skiomorphosis - describes that process whereby a form is invented in one material as a response to the physical properties of that material and then transferred to another material whose properties do not demand that form
Axial Planning Additive Construction
Hypostyle Hall Latin: hypo-inside, style-column
HIEROGLYPHICS Bas (Low) Relief Carving Incised Carving
Bedroom Suite of Queen Hetepheres, c. 2300 BCE Wood encased in gold; loose cushions covered in cotton, painted leather, metallic cloth
Lotus Blossom • Reeds • Zoomorphic furniture • Impost Block
Octopus Flask, Late Minoan, Crete 1580-1100 BCE
Ladies in Blue Palace of King Minos at Knossos, Crete, c. 1700-1450 BC
Prince with the Lilies • wearing the Minoan cod-piece • superb crown of lilies and peacock's feathers • may have been leading some sacred animal with his left hand • Palace of Knossos: Late 15th century BCE
Lightwell with inverse tapered columns, Palace of King Minos at Knossos, Crete, c. 1700-1450 BCE