Exam 1 Terms Flashcards
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friezes; bands that divide the pictorial field
Ground line
Marks a significant break with the figures being depicted
Profile View
from the side; reserved for most animals and people
Frontal view
as if viewing from the front
Ziggurat
a high platform that hold a building (like a temple or altar)
cella
central hall; devoted to divinity in a temple
composite view
part frontal and part profile; animal faces were frontal and bodies profile
hierarchy of scale
way of distinguishing the most important figures from those of lesser rank; size represents importance in sociert
stele
carved stone slab set up to commemorate a historical event or to mark a grave
cylinder seal
a cylindrical piece of stone engraved to produce a raised engraving rolled over clay
foreshortening
suggests depth by representing a figure at an angle; not frontally or in profile
Lamassu
large limestone monsters, usually guarding a palace
mastaba
standard tomb; rectangular brick over underground burial chamber
personification
human features to intimate objects
ka
body and soul
shabtis
small statues that go in the tomb
idealized
“perfect” body and face
frontality
when a piece is meant to be viewed from the front
canon
ideal proportions
clerestory
windows/openings inserted between a higher and lower roof line
fresco
painting on wall that is still wet
faience
glass paste
cyclopean masonry
large, massive, irregular blocks of stone
tholos tomb
was largest dome
