PREHISTORIC ARTS

7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

 Pyramid of Giza – existing until today

 Hanging Gardens of Babylon – the most controversial one; debates of its existence; theory: it
was burnt down
 Lighthouse of Alexandra – destroyed due to earthquake
 Zeus’ Statue at Olympia – burnt down
 Colossus of Rhodes – destroyed due to earthquake
 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus – destroyed due to earthquake
 Temple of Artemis – burnt down

GREEK ARCHITECTURE

 Doric – simplest architectural style

 Ionic – called for a more decorative design
 Corinthian – most decorative and elaborative

GREEK THEATRE

 Thespis – priest in Dionysus; first director and actor; response will depend on how the audience
will respond; no scripts yet
 Aeschylus – credited by adding another character in the play
 Sophocles – added another character; known for literature; wrote Oedipus the King
 Euripedes – Greek gods and goddesses; PERCY JACKSON
 Aritophanes – idea of comedy in theatre
 Raked sitting system – The ancient theatre of Epidaurus, Greece

ROMANS

 More on social science, law than humanities

 Aqueduct systems
 Colosseum – most impressive monument; 50,000 spectators; the royal families used stones in
the Colosseum to build their palaces, which was the reason why the structure looks broken
 Realistically portray their sculpture
 Mosaics

FALL OF ROME

Byzantine

 Hagia Sophia – “Holy Wisdom”

Romanesque

 Castles to protect royalties

 Romanesque churches – “Fortress of God”
Gothic

 1150-1500 CE
 Pointed Arch, Flying Buttress, Stained Glass

MEDIEVAL AGES

Fresco – a painting created when pigment is applied to a section of a wall, spread with fresh plaster

RENAISSANCE

 Black plague – trade due to Silk Road

 Rebirth
 Theology to Humanities
 Medici Family started in Florence, Italy
 Linear Perspective – Filippo Brunelleschi (Parallel lines, horizontal lines, vanishing point; refers
to relative size of objects
 Atmospheric Perspective – the farther the object, the lesser the clarity; refers to how
atmosphere affect how we see things
 Donatello – created larger than life figures; used marbles, bronze, woods
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