College of Environmental Design
Department of Architecture, UC Berkeley
Architecture Slide Library
Fall 1995 James Study Aid 5
I. Minoan culture flourished on island of Crete c 2000-1400 BCE. Worshipped the Snake Goddess; religious rituals involving bulls. 1. Domestic architecture: Plaques of house facades showing windows, c1500 BCE. Palace of Knossus ( Image 1 or Mycenae: Grave Circle A: shaft graves, c 1500 BCE, accompanied by rich artifacts. later tholos tomb type: of Atreus,>Lion Gate: fortifications surrounding principal shrines, Grave Circle A, and palace.2. An-yang area during the Shang Dynasty. long rectangular rammed earth houses, c 1300 BCE. Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi ( Image1, Image 3
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