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.
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
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
Mckenna
ReplyDeleteForm- 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.
Nandini
ReplyDeleteForm: 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
katherine
ReplyDeleteform- 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