| Term | Definition |
|---|
| temple | a place dedicated to the service or worship of a diety or dieties |
| fertile crescent | a region of the MIddle East arching across the norther part of the Syrian Desert and extending from the Nile Valley to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. |
| stylized | to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art |
| stele | a carved stone slab used to mark gravevs or to commemorate historical events |
| corbel | a projecting wall member used as a support for some element in the superstructure, courses of stone or brick in which each course projects beyond the one beneath it |
| lamassu | Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull |
| ziggurat | in ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a monumental platform for a temple |
| cuneiform | a system of writing used in ancient Mesootamia, in which wedge-shaped characters were produced b pressing a stylus into a soft clay tablet, which was then baked or otherwise hardened |
| register | one of a series of superimposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed |
| votive statue | an offering or gift of gratitude to a deity |
| composite figure | a figure combining the body parts of different animals or humans. A lamassu is an example |
| architecture of mass | architecture that is dense and heavy |
| prehistory | speaking in accordance to art made before written history it is unkknown exactly when a work of art was made. |
| paleolithic | (stone age) first types of art, such as cave painting, were made several millennia after 30000 BCE |
| neolithic | (new stone age) paintings of profile with some detail due to composite view and twisted perspective |
| archeology | study of material remains |
| anthropology | study of man according to origin, relationship of race, classification, phys character, culture and environment and social relations |
| strict profile | just profile - not frontal view of any part of the body |
| free standing | a sculpture that is isolated or standing alone because it isn't connected to another sculpture |
| relief | carved into a large piece of material or wall |
| BCE | before common era |
| CE | common era |
| silhouette | an outline or shadow |
| rediocarbon dating | technology which tests the carbon in a work of art to find how long ago it was made |
| landscape | a realistic picture of nature. Usually containing foreground, middleground and background |
| megalith | used in structures |
| monolith | column |
| mega & monolith | huge stones used in important prehistoric structures monolith is used in megolith structure |
| henge (cromlech) | a circle of monoliths |
| sarsen | large sandstone blocks that are found in South-central Eng. AKA: druid stone, grayweather |
| lintels | a stone 'beam' used to span an opening |
| form | line, shape, color, texture, space |
| composition | organization of arangement - foreground middleground background |
| content/context | subject matter/meaning socially, economically, politically, religiously |
| balance | an object and its contrasting object |
| iconography | pictoral representation of something or many somethings |
| period style | relaties to time |
| egyptology | the study of ancient egypt and egyptian antiquitie, as well as its geography |
| heraldic grouping | symmetrical on either side of a figure |
| predynastic egypt | egypt before writing, prehistoric egypt |
| palette | stone slab with a ditch for preparing makeup |
| compostie view | some parts of a figure are shown with frontal view, others not. |
| mastaba | ancient egypt rectangular brick structure with sloping sides erecting over a subterranean tomb chamber |
| mummification | technique used by ancient egyptians to preserve human bodies so that they may serve as the eternal home of the immortal |
| necropolis | 'city of the dead' a large burial area or cemetary |
| columns, engaged columns | a verticle, weight - carrying architectural member circular in eross-section and consisting of a base, shaft and capitals |
| capitals | the uppermost part of a column serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel |
| ashlar masonry | carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone used in construction, fitted together w/o mortar. |
| sarcophagus | coffin, usually of stone |
| uraeus | the royal cobra found on the ?? |
| bilaterally symmetrical | a composition or plan in which the parts are the same on either side of an axis |
| abrasion | the rubbing or grinding of stone or another material to produce a smooth finish |
| hieroglyphic writing | a system of writing using symbols or pictures |
| conceptual vs. optical approach | how something would actually stand in space. Conceptual shows all important parts and what is known to be true of the subject. |
| canon of proportions | idea of beauty being of correct proportion |
| hypostyle hall | a hall with root supported by columns |
| fluted columns | vertical chanelling, semicirular in cross-section |
| pillars | weight carrying member |
| colonnades | a series or row of columns usually spread by lintels |
| atlantids | male figure that functions as a supporting column |
| caryatids | female figure that functions as a supporting column |
| pylons | monumental entrance into an egyptian temple |
| fresco seco | painting on lime plaster either dry or wet |
| imhotep | the royal builder for king djoser - and pharoahs chancellor |
| clerestory | a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops |
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