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Religion: Featured Artworks
The 7 wonders of the ancient world
Session 10
7 wonders of the ancient world
Function:Commemorate the dead• THE GREAT PYRAMID AT
GIZA
• Oldest of the 7 Wonders
• (c. 2560 BCE)
• Only Wonder left standing today!
• Was the tallest man-made structure until 19th century!
• Pharaoh Khufu
Function:Commemorate the dead• TOMB OF MAUSOLUS
• Persian King of Caria
• Constructed 353-350 BCE.
• Cultural Collage• Egyptian Style
• Greek Style
• Persian Style
• Destroyed 1494 (stones used to construct a castle).
• “Mausoleum”
Function:Place of Worship
• TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS
• Constructed c. 550 BCE
• Greek Goddess of Fertility
• Destroyed by Herostratus July 20, 356 BCE
• Alexander the Great?
• Reconstructed 323 BCE
• Destroyed c. 262 (by Goths)
Function:Place of Worship
• STATUE OF ZEUS
• In his honor (at Olympia)
• Constructed c. 430-422 BCE by Phidias
• Ivory! 13 meters tall
• Emperor Caligula
• Later destroyed or plundered (uncertain).
What Religious function?
• If you were to create a monument of some sort, what would it’s religious function be?
• Work together as a team to design an epic monument that should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World!
• Will yours be destroyed? How it be protected?