Mid Term

Question 1

Stupa

Answer 1

A mound like or hemispherical structure that contains Buddha Relics.

Question 2

Harmika

Answer 2

A square, fence like enclosure that symbolizes heaven at the top of the stupa that surrounds the 3 tiered parasol marking the axis

Question 3

Pradakshina

Answer 3

Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain practice of ritually walking around a sacred place or object

Question 4

Torana

Answer 4

gateway marking the entrance to Buddhist, Hindu, or Jain structures

Question 5

Mudra

Answer 5

Symbolic gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism, involves the fingers and hands

Question 6

Bodhisattva

Answer 6

a being believed in certain buddhist traditions to have the ability to be a Buddha; an enlightened being who vowed to remain on earth to help others achieve enlightenment

Question 7

Urnisha

Answer 7

topknot hairstyle on top of Buddha’s head

Question 8

Urna

Answer 8

a tuft of hair or small dot between eyebrows; represents third-eye

Question 9

Ashlar Masonry

Answer 9

the use of cut stones to create walls; can use mortar to stabilize stones

Question 10

Embroidery

Answer 10

process of adding designs to cloth via needlework stitching after the initial cloth has been woven

Question 11

rammed earth

Answer 11

technique for building structures by compressing mud into a larger frame to produce an entire wall

Question 12

Prow

Answer 12

name of the part of a ship’s bow that’s above water

Question 13

Continuous Narrative

Answer 13

Visual technique of displaying multiple points of an event in a single frame

Question 14

Niello

Answer 14

alloy of sulfur and other metals that’s black in color, typically used for inlaying designs

Question 15

composite viewpoint

Answer 15

depicting a figure simultaneously from multiple viewpoints, such as the front and profile

Question 16

Geometric Period

Answer 16

name given to the period in artistic production when 2D geometric forms were emphasized with little concern for naturalism

Question 17

Logosyllabic

Answer 17

In a writing system, each symbol is a syllable or part of a word

Question 18

INCISED

Answer 18

on pottery, design has been cut or engaved into clay

Question 19

zoomorphic

Answer 19

having animal like form

Question 20

Repousse

Answer 20

a relief design created by hammering malleable metal from the reverse side (not the side to be viewed)

Question 21

Ziggurat

Answer 21

a stepped pyramid or tower like structure in Mesopotamian temple complexes

Question 22

Votive

Answer 22

an image or object created as a devotional offering to a deity

Question 23

material culture

Answer 23

the materials, objects, and technologies that accompany everyday life: used as a way of studying the everyday actions of a particular culture

Question 24

Cuneiform

Answer 24

denoting or relating to the wedge shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia and Ugarit

Question 25

Registers

Answer 25

horizontal section of a larger work; usually a clearly defined band or line

Question 26

Relief

Answer 26

raised forms that project from a flat background; can be a high or low form

Question 27

Open air enclosure

Answer 27

a tomb style in ancient EGYPT, constructed by using rectangular walls enclosing an open space

Question 28

Canon of Proportions

Answer 28

a set of ideal mathematical ratios in art, used to measure the various parts of the human body in relation to one another

Question 29

Idealized

Answer 29

represented as perfect in form or character, ideal (body)

Question 30

Realism

Answer 30

an artistic style hat aims to depict nature and everyday subjects in an unidealized manner

Question 31

Obelisk

Answer 31

a rectangular stone pillar with a pyramidal top; usually a landmark or a monument to a person or even

Question 32

Ocher

Answer 32

Clay pigment-> yellow to red, brown, or white

Question 33

Figurative

Answer 33

art that portrays human or animal forms

Question 34

Megalith

Answer 34

a large stone used as, or part of, a prehistoric monument

Question 35

Cyclopean Masonry

Answer 35

stone building technique where large boulders are shaped and fitted together to make sound walls

Question 36

Corbeling (corbeled walls)

Answer 36

An overlapping arrangment of wood, stone, or brick wall projections arranged so that each course extends farther form the wall the course below

Question 37

Henge

Answer 37

ancient monument with an outer circular ditch and inner bank

Question 38

Post and Lintel

Answer 38

A FORM OF CONSTRUCTION IN WHICH TWO UPRIGHT POSTS SUPPORT A HORIZONTAL BEAM (LINTEL)

Question 39

Trilithon

Answer 39

two upright megaliths topped with a third horizontal stone, the lintel

Question 40

Petroglyph

Answer 40

an image created on a rock surface-> incision, picking, carving or abrading

Question 41

terra-cotta

Answer 41

baked clay or ceramic-> earthenware

Question 42

slip

Answer 42

a layer of fine clay or glaze applied to ceramics before firing