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Details Title: 5 - Egypt Description: Chapter 5 Terms Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 12/19/2006 17:36:48	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term egypt Definition ancient culture thrived 3000 BC, around the same time as the sumerians (5 - egypt) Term mastaba Definition trapezoidal burial marker, which precursed the pyramids (5 - egypt) Term step pyramid Definition stacked mastabas, intermediate phase between mastaba and pyramids (5 - egypt) Term load-bearing construction Definition large, solid forms; pyramids, ziggurats (5 - egypt) Term canon Definition rule of form, like a convention (5 - egypt) Term diorite Definition hard black stone (5 - egypt) Term hypostyle hall Definition hall with array of columns and high clerestory windows. as one walks through the hypostyle hall he experiences a spiritual change. (5 - egypt) Term pylon Definition entryway to a tomb, trapezoidal in shape (5 - egypt) Term obelisk Definition square bottom, pyramidal top, tall structure (5 - egypt) Term fresco Definition painted on a wall in plaster, secco (dry) or buon (wet); egyptians used secco (5 - egypt) Term Amarna Period Definition reign of Amenhotep, who tried to create a monotheism in Egypt. He led a movement in art, breaking away from the traditional canons. (5 - egypt) Term cartouche Definition fancy nametag necklaces, used only for pharaohs at first, but later used by the common public. (5 - egypt) Term canopic jars Definition organ storage jars for the dead (5 - egypt) Term enamel Definition glass coating over metal (very sophisticated) (5 - egypt) Term clerestory windows Definition high windows (5 - egypt) Term Examples of Egyptian Canon Definition Conceptual figure, heirarchal proportions, bodily proportions, representation of the pharaoh, multiple perspective (5 - egypt)