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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Makapansgat pebble

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Stone, prehistoric

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Woman (Venus) of willendorf

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Stone and ochre, prehistoric

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Chauvet

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Natural pigments on cave wall, prehistoric

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Lascaux

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Natural pigments on cave wall, prehistoric

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5
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Stonehenge

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Stone and earthworks, prehistoric

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Ziggurat

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Mud brick and stone, ancient near east

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Carved vessel

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Alabaster, ancient near east

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Votive statues

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Stone, ancient near east

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Lyre

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Wood, gold, lapis lazuli, ancient near east

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Narmer palette

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Stone, ancient Egypt

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11
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Imhotep

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Step pyramid complex of Zoser, ancient Egypt

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Pyramids of Giza

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Stone, ancient Egypt

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Great sphinx

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Stone, ancient Egypt

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Akhenaten

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Stone, ancient Egypt

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Manu port

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A natural object that has been deliberately taken from its original environment and relocated without further modification

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Ochre

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An earth or rock containing red or yellow oxides or hydroxides of iron

17
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Sympathetic magic

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magic based on the assumption that a person or thing can be supernaturally affected through its name or an object representing it.

18
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Post and lintel

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an architectural system where a horizontal piece is supported by two vertical posts, or columns

19
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Motrice and tenon

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Connects to things with one poking out and the other indented with the poking out part

20
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Ziggurat

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A rectangular step pyramid sometimes with a temple on top

21
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Register

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Horizontal bands with images, a way to organize a composition

22
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Hieratic scale

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The most important thing in a painting is or sculpture is the largest

23
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Cuneiform

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Wedge shaped writing tool

24
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Ka statue

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a type of ancient Egyptian statue intended to provide a resting place for the ka (life-force or spirit) of the person after death

25
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Petrified architecture

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Taking perishable materials such as wood and transforming them into stone to make them permanent

26
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Obelisk

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A stone pillar such as the Washington monument

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