Art History Exam 1
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ashley05913 on September 28, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atlantid | male statue-column |
| atlatl | spear |
| banu | built, well-formed |
| canon | masters of arts |
| composite pose | combining different viewpoints within a single representation |
| damqu | auspicious |
| didactic | something that teaches |
| frieze | the middle element of an entablature, between the architrave, and the cornice |
| hieratic scale | indicates the importance of a figure |
| kuzbu | attractiveness, sexual allure |
| libation | liquid offering |
| machy | battle |
| manidoke | spiritual power |
| manitous | spirits |
| metope | the carved or painted rectangular panel between triglyphs of a Dorice frieze |
| module | basic unit of measure |
| nanabush | hero with myeengun |
| pediment | a triangle gable found over major architectural elements such as Classical Greek |
| petroglyph | engraving on stone |
| pictograph | painting on stone |
| Pimadazwin | good life |
| relief | a 3-D image or design whose flat background is carved away to a certain depth |
| sunken relief | image is carved below surface/background |
| triglyph | rectangle block between the metopes of a Dorcine Frieze |
| ben-ben | pyramidal stone; a fetish of Egyptian god Re |
| bastu | force, vigor, vitality |
| mesopotamia | land between the rivers |
| register | different layer (like a comic strip) |
| ka | life force/soul |
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