exam 1 key terms

Question 0

incision

Answer 0

General

to cut into a surface with a sharp instrument also a methode of decoration especially on metal and pottery

Question 1

relief

Answer 1

general

in sculpture, figures project from a background of wich they are part

Question 2

outline

Answer 2

general

Question 3

silhouette

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general

Question 4

composite perspective

Answer 4

general
a convention of representation in which a part of a figure is shown in profile andanother part of the same picture is shown frontally

Question 5

armature

Answer 5

general
the crossed or diagonal arches that form the skeletal framework of a gothic rib vault. in sculpture the framework for a clay form.

Question 6

confronted

Answer 6

general

Question 7

lapis lazuli

Answer 7

general

Question 8

votive

Answer 8

general

a gift or graditude to a deity

Question 9

necropolis

Answer 9

general

greek city of the dead a large burial area

Question 10

hierarchy of scale

Answer 10

general

an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance

Question 11

heraldic composition

Answer 11

general

a composition that is symetrical on either side of a centeral figure

Question 12

tumulus

Answer 12

prehistoric and neolithic

latin burial moundtombs cut out of the local limbestone

Question 13

megalithic

Answer 13

prehistoric and neolithic

greak for great stone. a large roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures

Question 14

corbeled arch

Answer 14

prehistoric and neolithic
an arch formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch

Question 15

lamassu

Answer 15

near eastern

assyrian gaurdian in the form of a man-headed winged bull

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stele

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near eastern

a carved stone slab used to mark graves or to comemorate historical events

Question 17

ziggurat

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near eastern

a monumental platform for a temple

Question 18

genius

Answer 18

near eastern

Question 19

rosette

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near eastern

Question 20

diorite

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near eastern

Question 21

crenelation

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near eastern

alternating solid merlons and open crenels in the notched tops of walls as in battlements

Question 22

mastaba

Answer 22

egyptian
an ancient egyptian rectangualr brick or stone structure with sloping sides erect over a subteranian tomb chamber connected to the outside by a shaft

Question 23

serdab

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egyptian

a small conceilled chamber in egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deaceased

Question 24

ka

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egyptian | an ancient egyptian imortal human life force

Question 25

papyrus

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egyptian a plant native to egypt and adjecent lands used to make paperlike writing material also the material or any writing on it

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faience

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egyptian | a low fiered opaque glass like silicate

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serekh

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egyptian

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nemes

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egyptian | an ancient egyptian linnen headress worn by the pharoh wit hthe uraeus cobra of kingship on the front

Question 29

causeway

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egyptian

Question 30

cartouche

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egyptian

Question 31

uraeus

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egyptian | an egyptian cobra on of the symbols of pharohtonic kingship

Question 32

hypostyle

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egyptian | a hall with a roof supported by a lot of collumns

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pylon

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egyptian | the wide entrence gateway of an egyptian temple charictorized by its sloping walls

Question 34

clerestory

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egyptian | the fenestrated part of the building that rises above the roofs of all other parts. clearistory windows*

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osiride

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egyptian

Question 36

acropolis

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aegean | greek high city. in Ancient Greece usually the site the the cities most imporant temples.

Question 37

amphora

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aegean | an Ancient Greek two handled jar used for general storage perposes, usually to hold wine or oil

Question 38

rhyton

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aegean | a pouring vessel

Question 39

chryselephantine

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aegean | fashioned of gold and ivory

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ashlar

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aegean | carefully cut and regularly shaped peices of stone used in construcion fitted together without mortar

Question 41

cyclopean

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aegean | using massive iregular blocks without mortar

Question 42

megaron

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aegean | the large reception hall and throne roomfronted by two columned porch

Question 43

thylos

Answer 43

aegean

Question 44

repousse

Answer 44

aegean | a form of relief by beating a metal plate from the back leaving the impression on the face