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Religions and their impact on art & architecture in the classical world. Blake High School AP World History.
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Religions and their impact on art & architecture in the classical world Blake High School AP World History
Angkor Wat Hindu temple architecture combines harmony and symmetry with a high degree of outer adornment. Elements are designed to have correct proportions and exert a positive influence on their surroundings. What makes the architecture as a whole so beautiful is the way the small details harmonize and mix with the massive architecture Hinduism Hindu temple architecture combines harmony and symmetry with a high degree of outer adornment. Small details harmonize and mix with the massive architecture as a whole.
Hinduism Common themes: extra limbs & the lotus flower. • Vishnu Shiva
zoroastrianism • Symbol is Faravahar which symbolizes the guardian spirit & Zoroastrianism.
Daoism • Daoist art focuses on nature. • Yin & Yang symbol. • Doaists believed in alchemy (changing common metals into gold). • Also believed in finding the elixir of life in search of immortality, obviously didn’t work, but did find herbs and minerals, and they learned about the human body.
Buddhism • What does this sculpture of Buddha tell us About the Classical Era? • 8 spoked wheel of Dharma represents the Noble Eighfold Path.
More buddhism… • Stupas are Buddhist commemorative monuments usually housing sacred relics associated with the Buddha or other saintly persons. • The monuments consist of a circular base supporting a solid dome from which projects an umbrella. The whole of the Great Stupa is encircled by a railing and four gateways, which are richly decorated with relief sculpture.
christianity • Early Christian images from Catacombs.
Christianity • Ornate cross and an image from a Roman Christian tomb.