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Mideval Europe/Olmecs

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MIDEVAL EUROPE

700 - 1140

Monumental Architecture

  • Man made structures
  • Public buildings
  • Built by many people for other people

Castillo Cuellar

  • Over the centuries it has been used as a prison and royal resident
  • It was made a national monument in 1904

Chartres Cathedral

  • Major site of pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin Mary.
  • Built because fire had destroyed its predecessors.

MOST MEMORABLE

  • Basilica of Saint-Denis
  • Built in the fifth century
  • Built to practice Christian and pre-Christian beliefs

PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE

  • I think that the architecture was built
  • to serve a need.

OLMECS

1200 - 400 BCE
Photo by Gary Denness

OLMECS COLOSSL STONE HEAD

  • The head is said to represent the olmecs ruler
  • It was carved as a portrait of a ruler

OLMECS HEAD

  • Basalt portrait heads of their rulers
  • Objects that embody the symbolism of sacred
  • and secular authority among the Olmec

MOST MEMORABLE

  • Only structures that are left from them
  • Built for the rulers
  • Built out of stone
Photo by tinou bao

PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE

  • The architecture that is left was to show
  • Power or wealth of the ruler.
Photo by Travis S.

Compare

They both built for something they belived was important.

Contrast

Medieval Europe built for a purpose and the Olmecs built to show power and wealth.