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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2012

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Ziggurat

Definition
Mesopotamian stepped tower, roughly pyramid-shaped, that diminishes in size toward a platform summit.
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Composite View

Definition
Representation of a subject from multiple viewpoints at one time.
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Frieze

 
Definition

The strip that goes around the top of a building, often filled with sculptural ornamentation

 
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Entablature

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The part of a Greek or Roman building that rests on top of a column.
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Didactic

Definition
With the aim of teaching or educating.
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Pioneers of Modernism

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Henry Matisse and Pablo Picasso
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Developed Cubism

Definition
Picasso and Georges Braque
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Surrealism

Definition
Based on Freud's theories
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Cochineal

Definition
Used to make red pigment
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Rococo

Definition
17th and 18th century- pastel colors, whimsical subjects
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Father of Realism

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Gustave Courbet
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