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Ancient Near East-Egyptian
Unit 1
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Art History
02/17/2011

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Term
Definition

White Temple and Ziggurat

(Celestial orientation)

(Sumerian)

Term
Definition

Standard of Ur

(Sumerian)

Term
Definition

Victory stele of Naram-Sin

(Akkadian)

Term
Definition

Stele with code of Hammurabi

(Babylonian)

Term
Definition

Lion gate

(Hittite)

Term
Definition

Lamassu

(Assyrian)

Term
the gate
Definition

Ishtar gate

(Neo-Babylonian)

Term
Definition

Palette of King Narmer

(Predynastic)

Term
Definition

Pyramid and mortuary Djoser

(Imhotep)

[Old Kingdom]

Term
Definition

Great Pyramids

[Old Kingdom]

 

Term
Definition

Temple of Ramses II

[New Kingdom]

Term
Definition

Hypostyle hall

(New Kingdom)

Term
Definition

Akhenaten

(New Kingdom)

Term
Formalism
Definition
Visible content of a work of art
Term
Cairn
Definition
Pile of stones
Term
Menhir
Definition
Megalithic stone(large, upright standing stone)
Term
Cromelech
Definition
circle of megaliths
Term
Vesica pisces
Definition

 intersection of two circles

so that the center of both touch the circumference

of the other circle

Term
Megalith
Definition
Large stone used to construct a structure or monument
Term
Twisted perspective
Definition

combination of both frontal and profile views at the same time

Term
Register
Definition
Horizontal band in a narrative
Term
Bas Relief
Definition
shallow carving
Term
Necropolis
Definition
City of the dead
Term
Facade(fah-sod)
Definition
the front
Term
Definition

Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan

(Neo-Sumerian)

Term
Definition

Ashurbanipal hunting lions

(Assyrian)

 

Term
Seated Scribe
Definition

Seated Scribe

(Old Kingdom)

Term
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
Definition

Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt

(New Kingdom)

Term
Definition

Great Stupa

(India 3rd cent. BCE)

Term
Seated Buddha Preaching
Definition
Seated Buddha preaching first sermon
(Sarnath, India)
Term
Army of Qin
Definition

Army of the First Emperor of Qin 

(Qin Dynasty)