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Sculpture-in-the-round (Freestanding sculpture) |
Carved or modeled in 3-Dimensions |
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Relief sculpture |
Figures projecting from a background of which they are part. A relief can be high, low or sunken(carved into the surface) |
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Abstract Art |
Abstract - Nonrepresentational, forms and colors arranged without depiction of an object |
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Modeling V. Carving |
Modeling - the shaping of 3-Dimensional figures in soft materials. Carving - a sculptural technique in which the artist cuts away material in order to create a statue or a relief. |
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Profile view |
Side view |
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Megalith |
Greek, great stone. A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental Prehistoric structures. |
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Post and lintel system |
A system in which 2 posts support a horizontal beam atop |
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Mortise and tenon joints |
Mortise - hole Tenon joint - the piece that fits inside the Mortise to create a more supportive structure |
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Corbeled arch |
An arch formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilever inwards until the blocks need at a keystone. |
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Epic of gilgamesh |
First known works of literature c. 2100 |
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Ziggurats |
In ancient Mesopotamia architecture, a tiered platform for a temple |
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Nanna, Innana, Ishtar |
Nanna - Mesopotamian goddess of the moon Innana - Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, sexual desires, wisdom war and combat Ishtar - Mesopotamian goddess of Fertility, love, war, sex and power. |
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Registers |
One of a series of superimposed bands in a pictorial narrative or a particular level of which motifs are placed |
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Ground line |
In paintings of reliefs, a painted of carved baseline in which figure appear to stand |
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Hieratic scale |
An artistic style in which greater size indicates greater importance |
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Cuneiform |
Latin, 'wedge shaped' A system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia in which wedge-shaped characters were produced by a pressed stylus into a soft clay tablet which was then baked or otherwise hardened |
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Stylus |
A needle like tool used in engraving and incising. Also and ancient writing instrument use to inscribe clay or wax tablets |
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Incised clay |
Clay that has been cut into with a sharp instrument such as a stylus |
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Citadels |
Fortress cities |
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Lamassu |
Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull or lion |
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Bull-headed capitals |
Lyre? |
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Horus |
Egyptian protector god of the pharaohs |
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Osiris |
Egyptian god of the underworld and afterlife |
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Isis |
Egyptian god of the earth |
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Hierakonpolis |
A predynastic town Religious and political capital of upper Egypt |
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Rosetta Stone |
The same information written in 3 different languages used to understand all of hieroglyphics |
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Jean-Francois Champollion |
Born December 23rd 1790 Known as the primary decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
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Hieroglyphics |
A system of writing using symbols or pictures |
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Egyptian canon of proportion |
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Columns |
A vertical, weight carrying architectural memento, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base (sometimes omitted), a shaft and capital (upper most member of a column) |
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Engaged column |
A half-round column attached to a wall. |
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Base |
Bottom of a column, usually decorated |
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Shaft |
Middle of a column. |
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Capital |
Top of a column usually decorated |
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Serdab |
A small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba (Arabic-'bench'. An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft) for a statue of the deceased. |
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Ka |
In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force |
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Ka |
In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force |
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Ka |
In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force |
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Mastaba |
Arabic-'bench'. An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft |
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Wall murals |
Wall paintings |
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Buon fresco V. Fresco secco |
Buon fresco - (aka. True fresco) wet paint on lime plaster. Paint made by mixing pigments with water. Fresco secco - dry pigments on lime plaster |
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Djoser Step pyramid |
Built by imhotep for pharaoh Djoser |
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Valley Temple |
The temple closest to the nile river, associated with each of the the old kingdom pyramids at given in ancient Egypt |
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Mortuary temple |
a temple erected for the worship of deceased Egyptian pharaohs |
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Causeway |
A raised roadway |
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Causeway |
A raised roadway |
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Enclosure wall |
Walls surrounding the outside of a temple |
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Pyramid complex |
Valley Temple, Mortuary temple, causeway, enclosure wall. |
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Coffin |
Where they keep the body |
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Sarcophagus |
Greek. 'consumer of flesh' Coffin usually made of stone |
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Pylons |
The wide entrance of an Egyptian temple, characterized by its sloping walls |
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Open court |
Forecourt |
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Hypostyle hall |
A hall with a roof supported by columns |
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Clerestory |
A fenesterated (windowed) part of a building that raised above the roof of the other parts. The oldest Clerestories being Egyptian. |
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Temple |
A place of worship |
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Sanctuary |
Axial plan temple (place of refuge for the gods?) |
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Stylized |
The way the artist depicts a subject that follows similar depictions made near the same time. |
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Stylistic V. Naturalistic |
Stylistic - an artist's interpretation of a subject Naturalistic - the close examination of nature and replication of such in the artist's work. |
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Egyptian King's regalia |
Nemes headdress, crowns, crook and flail |
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Nemes |
Egyptian linen headdress worn by the pharaohs with the cobra of kingship on front |
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Crown of upper and lower Egypt |
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Crook and flail |
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Senenmut |
Architect at Deir el-Bahri |
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Amarna |
Major Egyptian city built in the 18th dynasty |
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The Aton (Aten) |
Disc of the sun, also representation of the sun god ra. |
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Howard Carter |
Discovered the tomb if Tutankhamun of the 18th century intact |