AP Art History Unit 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 stele | carved stone slab used to mark sites |
| ground plan | basic plan of a building |
| cuneiform | "wedge-shaped" writing in ancient Mesopotamia |
| hierarchy of scale | greater size indicated greater importance |
| ziggurat | monumental platform for a Mesopotamian temple |
| apadana | great audience in Persia |
| engaged column | column that emerges from a wall but is still attached to it |
| mastaba | Arabic for "bench", rectangular brick with sloping sides |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian priest writing using symbols |
| pylon | monumental entrance to an Egyptian temple |
| hypostyle | Egyptian hall with roof supported by closely spaced columns |
| cromlech | a circle of monoliths; henge |
| in situ | in its original place |
| relief | figures projecting from a background |
| megalith | great stone used in construction |
| sarcophagus | a coffin made of stone |
| facade | front of a building |
| necropolis | "city of the dead", large burial area |
| clerestory | the fenestrated part of a building rising over roofs |
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