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| Free-standing sculpture that is surrounded on all sides (except the base) by space. (Ex. Venus of Willendorf) |
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| Figure that projects from the background of a piece of stone, marble, or other medium. ex: Laussel Woman Holding Bison Horn |
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| system of construction in which two posts support a horizontal beam; used to span an opening. ex: Stonehenge |
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| Convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and other part of figure is shown frontally. ex: Egyptian Figures |
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| Mesopotamian monumental platform usually holding a temple. Form is a truncated pyramid built in diminishing stages, each stage reached by ramps. |
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| symbol of gratitude, adoration, or devotion |
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| use of perspective to depict object that extends back in space at an angle. Ex: Hammurabi Stele |
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| rich blue stone from Afghanistan |
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| Upright, carved stone slab used as a grave marker to commemorate historical event |
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| Life force of each individual; weight determined after death; determines how much you will be blessed in the afterlife |
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| rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over an underground burial chamber |
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| Graveyard/cemetery complex meaning in Greek: "city of the dead" |
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| emblem of the sun; in the shape of pyramid |
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| Construction, in which carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone are piled in successive rows; ex: Pyramids at Gizeh |
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| "dry fresco"; plaster on wall dries, then paint is applied; not as durable as "true fresco" |
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| "True Fresco", when paint is applied to wet plaster wall; plaster and paint then dry, binding together and making painting part of wall |
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| Formed by piling stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered in ward until the two walls meet in an arch |
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| Bee-hived shaped tomb. Ex: Treasury of Atreus |
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| Triangular opening above lintel and lightens the weight on the lintel |
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