Humanities 1301 Unit 2 Artifacts
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Name & Facts -
Name-Parthenon
Culture - Greeks
Location-Athens,Greece
Date-448-432 bce
Sculptor-Phidias supervised
Purpose-Temple to honor Athena
-built in Acropolis -
Name & Facts -
Name-Aphrodite of Knidos
Culture- Greeks
Location-Greece
Date-350 bce
Sculptor-Praxitels
Purpose-help up as the ideal
female form for centuries
-even through the Romans -
Name & Facts -
Name - Laocoon
Culture - Greeks
Location - Greece
Date - ca 200-100 bce
Purpose - Celebrate the tale victory of Greek over Troy -
Name & Facts -
Name - Arch of Titus
Culture - Romans
Location - Rome, Italy
Date - 81 ce
Who made it - unknown
Purpose - triumphal arch-gateway commemorate Titus' victory over Jerusalem -
Name & facts -
Name - Pantheon
Culture - Romans
Location - Rome
Date - 118-125 ce
Historical Significance- inspired more works of architecture than any other in Greco Roman History -
Name & Facts -
Name - Colosseum
Culture - Romans
Location - Rome
Date - 70-82 ce
Historical Significance - It's design is the basis for modern day colisseums -
Name & Data -
Great Wall of China
Culture - Chinese
Location - China
Date - ca 221 bc
Sig - only man made thing you can see from space -
Name & Data -
Terra Cotta soldiers
Culture - Chinese
Location - Xian China
Date - 221 bc
Purpose - burial site of Qin Emporer -
Name & Data -
Hagia Sophia
Culture - Romans
Location - Istanbul/Constantinople, Turkey
Date 532
Significance - Golden age in Byzantine art -
Name & Data -
Empress Theodora and Retinue
Culture - Romans
Location - San Vitale, Ravenna
Date - 547
Purpose - One of most magnificant mosaic in history of World -
Name & Data -
Great Stupa at Sanchi
Culture -Indian
Location - India
Date - 3rd century bce
Sig - Preminent example of Buddhist architecture in India -
Name & Data -
Empress as Donor with Attendants
Culture - Chinese
Location - China
Date- 522
Purpose - permanent memorial of rulers in the art of worsipping -
Name & Data -
Dome of the Rock
Culture - Islam
Location - Jerusalem
Date - 687
Purpose - Site of Abraham/Isaac - Muhammed ascention - Temple of Solomon