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- The Vijayanagar Empire ruled in South India from 1336 until 1646 and left a lasting legacy of architecture, sculpture, and painting.
- The Vijayanagar Empire was a Hindu empire based in the Deccan plateau region of South India.
- The empire's patronage enabled its fine arts and literature to rise to new heights, and its legacy of sculpture, painting, and architecture influenced the development of the arts in South India long after the empire came to an end.
- Pillars of Vijayanagar temples are often engraved with images of yali, or hippogriffs.
- Describe the key features of religious, courtly, and civic architecture of the Vijayanagar Empire
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- Vijayanagar sculpture can most commonly be seen in the reliefs, pillars, and monolithic statues of temples.
- The Vijayanagar Empire's patronage enabled its fine arts and literature to rise to new heights.
- Sculpture was integrally linked with architecture in the creation of Vijayanagar temples.
- Another element of the Vijayanagar style is the carving and consecration of large monolithic statues, such as the Sasivekalu Ganesha and Kadalekalu Ganesha at Hampi; the Gommateshvara (Bahubali) monoliths in Karkala and Venur; and the Nandi bull in Lepakshi.
- Explain the key traits inherent to the sculpture of the Vijayanagar Empire
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- Painting in the Vijayanagar Empire, which evolved into the Mysore style of painting, is best illustrated in the elaborate wall paintings of temples.
- In addition to architecture and sculpture, the Vijayanagar emperors were enthusiastic patrons of painting.
- The Vijayanagar school of painting was renowned for its frescoes of Hindu mythological themes on temple walls and ceilings.
- The rulers of Vijayanagar encouraged literature, art, architecture, religious, and philosophical discussions.
- Mysore painting, an important form of South Indian classical painting, developed out of Vijayanagar painting and originated in the southern town of Mysore, in Karnataka, during the reign of the Vijayanagar emperors.
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- The Nayak Dynasty emerged in South India after the collapse of the Vijayanagar Empire.
- The Nayaks, former military governors of the Vijayanagar emperors, declared their independence in 1565 and established their own kingdoms, ruling from the 16th through 18th centuries.
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- Ruling from the 16th through 18th centuries in South India, the Nayak Empire was noted for its administrative reforms, its artistic and cultural achievements, and the creation of a unique style of temple architecture.
- Thanjavur painting originated under the Nayaks of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) around 1600 CE, and one can see the influence of Deccani, Vijayanagar, Maratha, and even European or Company styles of painting.
- Both real and mythical, depictions of animals included bears, elephants, lions, and fish (the emblem of the Pandyas who had ruled Madurai before the Vijayanagar and Nayak rulers).
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- The Empire style refers to art created under the rule of Napoleon that was intended to idealize the French Empire.
- The style originated during the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire and was intended to idealize Napoleon's French state.
- Empire style architecture was based on aspects of the Roman Empire and its many archaeological treasures which had been rediscovered starting in the 18th century.
- After Napoleon lost power, the Empire style continued to be in favor for many decades, with minor adaptations.
- The most famous Empire-style structures in France are the grand neoclassical Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Vendôme column, and La Madeleine, which were built in Paris to emulate the edifices of the Roman Empire.
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- The Empire Style reflects Napoleon's desire to reshape France in the model of the Roman Empire.
- The Empire style, which takes its name from the First Empire overseen by Napoleon Bonaparte, is an early nineteenth-century design movement in the decorative arts and the visual arts that flourished between 1800 and 1815 during the Consulate and the First French Empire periods.
- Art forms from this period reflect Napoleon's desire to remake France in the image of the Roman Empire.
- Architecture of the Empire style was based on elements of the Roman Empire and its many archaeological treasures, which had been rediscovered starting in the eighteenth century.
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- The Byzantine Empire began as a continuation of the Roman Empire but gradually became distinct through cultural changes.
- This act effectively ended the line of Western emperors and marked the end of the Western Empire.
- Even Roman Catholicism remained the official religion of the Byzantine Empire until the eleventh century.
- This swath of territory remained in the Byzantine Empire for two centuries.
- The Byzantine Empire (red) and its vassals (pink) in 555 CE during the reign of Justinian I.
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- The art of the Persian Empire combined a diversity of styles from other cultures to create a unique Persian style.
- The Achaemenids (550–330 BCE) established the first Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great, who quickly expanded the empire's borders.
- Zoroastrianism, an ancient monotheistic religion, dominated the Persian Empire until Islam supplanted it in the seventh century CE.
- The treasure is important because it demonstrates the variety of forms in which metal was worked during the early Persian Empire.
- Discuss the art produced at the beginning of the Persian Empire
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- The Holy Roman Empire existed for almost 850 years, starting with the reign of Charlemagne in 962.
- Throughout the Middle Ages several political, religious, and social crises ripped through the Holy Roman Empire.
- In 1347 a deadly disease later known as the Black Death struck the Empire, and spread throughout Europe in the years 1348, 1349, and 1350.
- The church remained one of the strongest institutions in Europe, and in the Holy Roman Empire.
- Discuss the Great Famine, the Black Death, and the political and social unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.