ARCH&UD 10A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ictinus, Assyrian Culture, Red Color
28 Mar 2018
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Indexical with the lack of writing (3500 bce, generated in political contexts). Stone tools and residuals: for hunter gatherers, it is only used seasonally and later rebuilt on same site. Catalhoyuk: no streets, access from roof (communal spaces). Robust symbolism and prototype of religious practices (bull). White temple: earlier religious site, atop a high point. Elevation was meant to connect planes of human and god. Painted with white paint to water and weather proof. Invention of writing here: 2000 years later, cuneiform on the code of hammurabi. Ppt21: king depicted as architect: power given through it. Sumerian: more like a cultural identity instead of a political body. Social stratification built into and enacted by the architecture. Sun-dried brick and keion; increasing degree of weather proofing in materials. Palace at khorsabad in assyria: fortified temple complex: increasing weight on warfare. Afterlife is important in their culture: servants, furniture, food, etc.
