“Explain what archaeological evidence reveals about Bronze Age society on Thera” Excavations and archaeological finds have provided historians and archaeologists with significant information what the society of Bronze Age Thera was like. Artefacts, such as pottery present evidence towards Thera as a Minoan influenced society. Frescoes and other items point towards religion being an underlying factor of society, as well as the possibility of a social hierarchy. Excavations of the streets of Akrotiri point towards extensive town planning. These finds allow historians and archaeologists to build a picture on the lifestyle and society in Bronze Age Thera.
Was it a new form of religion? Why just get rocks and stack them up? 18. What does a structure of the magnitude of Stonehenge suggest about the Neolithic societies that created it? The structure of magnitude of Stonehenge suggest about the Neolithic societies that created it would be the matter of controversy and speculation.
The author Susan Woodford compares archaic Greek style and classical Greek style by explaining their history and showing their different sculptures. Archaic Greek style was based on the Egyptian statues made from stone. Therefore, the Greeks implemented the Egyptian method of carving and the system of proportions. Archaic Greek style involved balanced statues, facing straight forward avoiding poses containing twist, turns, or bends. However, the adventurist Greeks started to transform the traditional statues by having the head slightly turned and the hip raised.
Compare and contrast the Ziggurats to the Pyramids. Explain not only the physical differences, but also the difference in their uses. Pyramids and Ziggurats had similar forms but they had physical differences and were used in different ways. Ziggurats were religious structures made of brick platforms that took the form of a pyramid with a flat platform with terraces with long stair cases that led to the shrine or temple located at the top. The ziggurats were used mainly for worship and it was considered the home of the gods and a place where they were thought to reveal themselves.
He’s describing the way the people look and how they worship different idols than what his people worship. |What did the author/creator hope to accomplish?The author hope to accomplish the Aztec view of life and their culture. Did the author/creator seek to influence, teach, persuade, entertain, regulate, inform, record, fulfill a duty, describe, promote himself or herself, or some combination of these?The author seek to influence, teach, persuade, inform, record, fulfill a duty, and promote himself. How does the source reflect this purpose?The source reflect these purposes because he wrote about the Aztecs temples, houses, halls, etc. He try to persuade the Aztecs to worship his god and he try to inform them that the advantages of converting to his people religion and way of living.
INTRODUCTION: The two works at the Dallas Museum of Art that are going to be discussed are the black-figure panel amphora and figure of a young man from a funerary relief. The black-figure panel amphora originated from Greek, Attic in 6th century BCE. This painted terra cotta vase was created by a painter of the Medea group. The figure of a young man from a funerary relief was from Greek, Attic in 4th century BCE. This marble statue was a gift to the Dallas Museum of Art from Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H. Green.
Futhermore the Egyptians were under authoritation of a god-like king Khufu, therefore the Egyptians would be forced to partake in religion, allowing it to be an inspiration for all to aid in the construction of the pyramid. (Sears&Wilson) In Von Daniken’s theory, Chariots of the Gods, he discusses that there was neither enough rock nor wood to construct the pyramid, but the Sears and Wilson theory claims differently. Von Daniken states that there was not a sufficient amount of trees available to build wooden rollers. Sears and Wilson prove this statement to be incorrect by explaining that the wood used to manufacture the
INFLUENCE OF GREEK AND EGYPIAN CULTURES: ART, ARCHITECTURE, RELIGION * Pompeii and Herculaneum were both Greek settlements * Herculaneum – the name itself is influenced by Greek’s Hercules * Greek influences can therefore be seen in their art, architecture and especially religion * Influences from Egypt came through trade * One of the greatest influences was through religion Art * Themes found in wall paintings include Greek mythology and gods * Paintings were often Greek originals * Statues copied Greek designs * Floor mosaics showed Egyptian influences e.g. the House of Faun has a mosaic of flora and fauna along the Nile River Architecture * Early buildings in Pompeii and Herculaneum were designed with Greek constructions * Features e.g. Greek peristyle garden were taken from a Greek design * Greek columns – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian were used in temples & other buildings * The Triangular Forum with its Doric Temple was of pure Greek origin * The theatres owe their designs to Greek originals * Remains of furniture appear to be based on Greek prototypes * Herculaeum has good examples of cupboards with a Greek design * The palaestra of Pompeii and Herculaneum are in the Hellenistic architectural tradition * A style of Greek architecture popular after the time of Alexander the Great Religion * The Greek gods and goddesses – Apollo, Hercules, Minerva, Dionysus, Hermes, Demeter were all worshiped at Pompeii and Herculaneum * Temples were built for this purpose * Dionysian themes were popular artistic decoration * The Egyptian goddess, Isis, was worshipped at Pompeii and Herculaneum by merchants, women, children, slaves, freedmen and soldiers along with officials * Some houses had garden shrines to Isis and statuettes of pharaohs and other Egyptian deities
8. Compare and contrast the history of the early Jewish community and the Phoenician culture. How did the Mesopotamians influence each? the Jews built a distinctive religious community based on their conviction that they had a special connection with Yahweh. the Phoenicians did not establish a unified monarchy but rather many city states.
HOW FAR DO THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF THE “DARK AGES” IN GREECE ILLUMINATE THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY WERE CREATED? This essay will show how the physical remains of the Greek dark age can or cannot show how a society functioned and give an idea of the kind of people lived in that time. The essay will focus upon votive offerings, pottery grave markers and bronze figures, and the archaeological remains of buildings found in Nichorea and Lefkandi. Also how technological increase seen through comparison can give clues to the increase in trade and wealth within a society. The majority of evidence comes from grave goods in the form of votive offerings and pottery, such as those found at Kerameikos cemetery in Athens, and from settlements like Lefkandi on the island of Eubdea.