Friday, December 2, 2011

Arts and Architecture: B- (Mary L.)

Some pyramids in the Kush Empire
The Kush Empire had a lot of creative arts and architecture. They had bath houses that had a large pool in the center and had waterspouts made in the shape of lion heads. The city was filled with sandstone palaces and red brick houses. The walls of the buildings were tiled in yellow and blue. They would also cover the walls with paintings. The use of iron tools extended and that helped make 84 pyramids in the city, and each pyramid was built with its own temple. In a temple, pictures were found on the interior walls. They were of Nile fishing boats, bullfights, and other animal pictures.
I gave the Kush Empire a B- in arts and architecture because it was very creative with the use of sandstones for palaces and how they used iron tools to help build things like the pyramids. They also adopted pyramid making from the Egyptians, which they did not do as well as the Egyptians. Their art was very creative but it didn’t really emphasize human advancement except for the bath houses that they built.

1 comment:

  1. I think that they should have gotten an A for art and architect, because it sound like there building were mad with a lot of detail and most of they other empires didn't. Even though the art wan't reflecting them they still made it, and it was creative.

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