Wednesday, March 7, 2018

181. Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple - Nabataean, Ptolemaic and Roman - c. 400 BCE-100CE

Form
Function
Content
Context

Tradition/Change
Interpretation
Artistic Intent
Audience Response

Responses due by:
Monday, February 24, 2020 11:59 PM

3 comments:

  1. Mckenna
    Form- Cut rock
    Function- There were tombs cut into the sandstone cliffs to bury their dead.
    Content- The columns are not proportionally spaced.
    Context- The period of this piece is Nabatean
    Tradition- Uses Corinthian columns.
    Interpretation- Petra was actually a tomb, not a treasury.
    Artistic intent- It was built along a caravan route.
    Audience response- It was the central city of the Nabateans.

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  2. Nandini
    Form: Broken pediment on the upper floor
    Function: Also functioned as a temple
    Content: 500 royal tombs in rock, but no human remains
    Context: Surviving inscriptions in Nabataean, Greek and Latin tell us about the people who were buried
    Tradition: Had a central tholos
    Interpretation: Greek, Egyptian and Assyrian gods on the facade represent the influences of different cultures
    Artistic Intent: City is protected by a narrow canyon entrance
    Audience Response: The prominence of tombs led early explorers to see Petra as a large necropolis

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  3. katherine
    form- cut rock
    function- royal tombs
    content- disproportionate columns
    context- located in Petra, Jordan
    tradition- lower story influenced by greek and roman temples
    interpretation- it was a tomb, and not a treasury
    artistic intent- to create small tombs
    response- built along a caravan route

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