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Art History Chpt 1+2+3
Art 102
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/03/2011

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Apse
Definition
A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church
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bucrania
Definition
bovine bull
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burin
Definition
a tool for carving, engraving, and incising
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chisel
Definition
a sharp tool used for shaping and cutting wood or stone
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composite view
Definition
A figure partly shown in profile and other part in front view (twisted perspective)
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composition
Definition
placement of shapes and objects etc
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course
Definition
a row of stone blocks
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henge
Definition
arrangement of megalithic stones
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incise
Definition
a method of decorating, shaping, and carving into metal or pottery with a sharp tool
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megalithic
Definition
a type of "great stone" (greek) and large for architectural construction
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Neolithic
Definition
new stone age
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Paleolithic
Definition
old stone age
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palette
Definition
a thin board for mixing paint (makeup for egyptians)
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post
Definition
a system used for construction where two posts support a lintel
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lintel
Definition
a horizontal beam used to spam an opening
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sculpture in the round
Definition
3D sculpture
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free-standing sculpture
Definition
In the round sculpture 3D
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relief
Definition
figure projecting from sculpture carved to either be a high or low relief
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apadana
Definition
audience halls in persian palaces
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cella
Definition
a room in a greek temple where the cult statue stands (a chamber in an ancient greek temple)
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city-state
Definition
an independent city, its own civilization with a government and rules its countryside
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cuneiform
Definition
a way of writing in Mesapotomia time where they would carve into clay
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cylinder seal
Definition
a type of "stamp", a cylinder tool that you roll to print out a particular pattern on clay
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foreshortening
Definition
a perspective where an object looks extended
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hierarchy of scale
Definition
greater size indicates greater importance
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lamassu
Definition
a gardian that is half man half bull (Asyrian Art)
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pictograph
Definition
a way of writing through pictures
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register
Definition
levels where motifs are placed
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stele
Definition
a carved stone to mark graves and historical events
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ben-ben
Definition
a pyramidal stone
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block statue
Definition
a type of Egyptian stone statue with a cubic shape and simple carved body parts
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canon
Definition
rule of proportion. Beauty must be correct
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canopic jar
Definition
In ancient Egypt where organs were placed in jars to put with the deceased mummy
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capital caryatid
Definition
uppermost member of a female figure that functions as a column
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clerestory
Definition
the part of a building that rises up above the roofs and other parts
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colonnade
Definition
row of columns with lintels
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engaged column
Definition
half round column attached to a wall
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flute or fluting
Definition
roughly cemicircular around columns
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fresco
Definition
painting on lime plaster
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hieroglyphic
Definition
system of writing using pictures and symbols
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hypostyle hall
Definition
roof supported by columns (egypt and mosques)
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ka
Definition
In ancient Egypt, immortal substance
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mastaba
Definition
arabic for bench
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mummification
Definition
A technique used by Egyptians to preserve bodies to serve ka (after life)
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necropolis
Definition
a large cemetry, a city of the dead
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papyrus
Definition
to make paper material to write on (Egypt)
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pylon
Definition
simple and massive passageway in an egyptian temple
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sphinx
Definition
mythical egyptian beast with a head of a human and a body of a lion
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