Temple Of Amun-Re And Hypostyle Hall Of Karnak

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1.) The New Kingdom creation of the Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall of Karnak served as a holy place where the Egyptians could pray to gods such as Amun-Re. Structures including pylons can be found in the Hypostyle Hall, allowing for division as one would walk further into the temple, which ran through a central axis plan. Clerestory lighting also found in the temple allowed for light to come into the space, which was enclosed by walls or columns. The architecture found at this site would influence later cultures. 2.) The Archaic piece Peplos Kore and the Classical piece, The Winged Goddess Nike Adjusting Her Sandal, both depict the female form, though do so in very different ways. The Peplos Kore has a more rectangular form due …show more content…

The Beaker with Ibex Motifs was created by the people of Ancient Susa, who sculpted the terracotta by hand or a slow hand-powered wheel. It is painted with geometric shapes and stylized animals, all of this done for funerary purposes. Hundreds of years later the Greeks would create the Niobides Krator, a wheel-thrown work of clay painted in pigmented slip. It was created to be a fairly large size due to its primary use as either a punch bowl or grave marker, and depicts several scenes from Greek mythology like Niobide's children being hunted by Apollo and Artemis as well as the Herakles' blessing at the Battle of Marathon. Other than the differences in form, the contrasting content of each piece reflect the ideals of their respective time periods well. In pre-Neolithic era times, the livelihood of people relied upon their fleeting source of food, animals. This caused animals to be symbolic of properties such as fertility or prosperity, which would want to be called upon in spiritual settings such as a burial. Later in Greece though, the Niobides Krator represented the themes of heroics and philosophy the Greeks valued. The actions of Niobide exercise hubris, an idea examined by Greek philosophers, and thoughts on this idea are represented through the consequences her children are faced with: death. By also

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