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Flashcards by Nora Winters, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nora Winters
over 5 years ago
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| dome of the rock jerusalem (comp 691) built on site of roman temple for jupiter which was built on site of 2nd jewish temple byzantine patterns rock bears significance in both jewish and islamic stuff defines jerusalem was supposed to rival other "definitive" religious buildings | |
| house of the prophet medina (comp 624) home of mohammad and the first place of worship in islam square enclosure w/ space set aside for living quarters and also had open courtyard mosque built nearby | |
| great mosque damascus 706 built on site of christian basilica islam says jesus returns here at the end of days has tomb of saladin recycled columns and arcades of old church john the baptist head shrine | |
| great mosque of cordoba cordoba 8-10th centuries was a visigoth church got turned into giant mosque reconquista made it a church again muslims are not allowed to take part now | |
| great stupa sanchi 50-25 bce commissioned by ashoka believed to house ashes of the buddha dome on base, relic chamber within has gateways w/ buddhist inscriptions | |
| chaitya hall karli 100 bce built into a hill, modeled after older temples made from wood/bamboo intricate columns w/ buddhist significance best preserved/most well known temple in this style | |
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udayagiri cave 1 402ce false cave, one of the sides and front are not from the original rock diety carved in but its unknown and the iconography is gone earliest phase of development of temple arch in india |
| kandariya mahadeva temple khajuraho, 1025-1050 ce largest, most ornate, best preserved in area on massive plinth for shiva definitive representation of chandela dynasty lots and lots of very good carvings | |
| basilica of st denis saint denis 1140-44 place of pilgrimage and burial for kings first truly gothic building important because gothic gothgothgothgoth | |
| notre dame cathedral paris 1160-1260 finest examples of french goth architecture designed to cement paris' status as capital flying buttress!!! covered w/ sculptures of biblical stories for sake of illiterate people (poor peoples book) | |
| chartres cathedral chartres 1194-1220 apex of french gothic art 3 great facades w/ lots of sculptures holds santa camisa (virgin marys tunic) cross floor plan center of life in area | |
| canterbury cathedral choir canterbury 1174-79 severe fire damage, needed rebuilding rebuilt in new gothic style one of oldest/most famous christian structures in england | |
| plan of chang-an xian 600 ce was one of largest cities in world capital of china grid pattern 108 wards wards were walled strict organization, curfew | |
| forbidden city beijing 15-16 century served as home for emperors and center of government chinese palatial arch lasted until emperors stopped being a thing | |
| beijing courtyard house | |
| foguang temple shanxi province 857 buddhist temple 3rd earliest preserved timber structure was burned when buddhism banned rebuilt 857 | |
| its beijing 15-16th century beijing became capital 1420 when forbidden city finished was largest city in world for awhile wall | |
| ise shinto shrine 690 / every 20 years after rebuilt every 20 years as a preservation thing holy + important shinto site most not allowed past walls | |
| horyuji temple nara 685 oldest wooden building in world one of most celebrated jp temples its got carvings and buddhism and stuff (dont know too much about this one) | |
| todaiji temple nara 728 buddhism hub / site of reconciliation w/ shinto shifted and now is no longer buddhism hub has great buddha statue and gardens | |
| byodo-in phoenix hall uji 1053 only remaining original building in area worship place for amida considered a national treasure/on currency | |
| ryoanji monastery kyoto 14-16th century zen buddhist temple rock garden synonymous w/ zen buddhism was hub for zen buddhist activity in 16-17th century | |
| jama masjid fatehpur sikri 1569-74 blend of indigenous and persian architecture largest mosques in country has tomb of sufi saint | |
| diwan-i-khas fatehpur sikri 1571-9 either place of audience for emperor or storehouse for gems and jewels intricate part octagonal part square central pillar for audience stuff | |
| humayuns tomb dehli 1571 first gardentomb in india first to use red sandstone on big scale tomb of mughal emperor synthesis w/ persian arch | |
| taj mahal agra 1631-48 face of mughal architecture / indian arch shah jahan made it for his fav wife giant marble dome / tomb is centerpiece | |
| pueblo bonito chaco canyon 860-1150 ce hub of culture in area giant deal archaeologically bisected by large wall, many ceremonial places (kivas) 4 stories tall |
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