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| Prehistoric Period of Human History Distinguished by Tools, (2.6 million to 10 million bc) |
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| mesos or Middle stone age, refers to specific Groups of Archeological Cultures Defined by being between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods |
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New stone age, beginnning 10,000 bce and ending (4500-2000 BCE)
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| Sculpture or work of art that is able to be Viewed from all sides. can be viewed from one or Several Vantage points. Free Standing not attached to a surface Can be see from all sides |
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| Scupture technique, from the word to raise, levels of surface removed on a art piece, more than 50% removed to expose the foreground and reduce the background |
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Low relief- artistic technique where the plane is scarcely more than Scatched in order to remove background material. Subject not very prominant to background
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Megalithic is defined as the act of using megaliths or large stones that has been used in constructing structures or monuments, describes structures made of such large stones.
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| A dolmen, also known as a Portal Tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large cap stone |
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| word used to describe prehistoric structures, Flagstone, remains of prehistoric chamber tombs described in circles |
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Large "standing stone"- large upright standing shape uneven and squared tapering at top
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| A building Technique of structures where indivdual units are laid in and bound by no mortar, could be brick, stone, marble, granite,limestone, concrete block,stucco, and tile, the friction between the interlocking blocks is strong enough to provide strenght to hold them together. |
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| A construction method using a (lintel or header), as a horizontal member over a building void supported at Columns, pillars or posts on each side |
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| Word refers to a particular type of earthwork structure of the neolithic period typically consisting of a roughly Circular or Oval Shaped Bank of Stones |
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| Is the History of the Ownership, custody or location of a historical object, the practice of authenticating objects history or liniage. |
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| An art term, Abstractions may be formed by reducing the information content of a concept or image. To remove elements to simplify form or generalized. Vagueness is a characteristic of abstraction not realistic, an interpretation of an image.. |
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| In architecture the frieze is a wide central section part of an (entablature a superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns), a long stretch of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration |
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| is any Work of Art that is placed in a Repository for the remains of the dead. |
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| is a Technique used in Art of Portraying Size of People drawn or sculpted often relative to their importance in social order. |
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| Latin for a Stone or Wooden Slab generally taller than it is wide. Erected for Funerals and Commemorative purposes decorated with names and titles of the deceased or living. |
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| Massive Structure built in Ancient Mesopotamia having Terraced Step Pyramid of Receding stories or levels. Usually made of sun baked bricks. |
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| An Art Object, type of talisman, an ornament to ward off evil. |
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| Earliest know system of writing, distinguished by wedge shaped marks on clay tablets or a blunt reed for stylus |
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| A representative sculpture of a real person-small scale. Used as a stand in for th e person in social gatherings. |
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| A verticle level in an artwork that consists of several levels, boundary stones in mesopatamian art. |
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| Inlay is a decorative technique of inserting pieces of contrasting often colored materials into deep depressions, wood veneers, shells, mother of pearl, horn and ivory |
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| Small round cylinder engraved with symbols and characters of figurative scenes or both. |
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| is a Metal Working Technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from reverse side to Create a Design in Low Relief. |
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| Magic Rituals, Near east and Egyptians to ward off evil |
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| Is a deep blue semi precious stone prized for intense blue color, ground to make ultramarine paint pigment and used in jewelry. |
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| is a term in architecture which Describes the top most member of the column usually highly visible and decorated |
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| white crown and lotus(upper egypt) |
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| Red crown & papyrus(Lower Egypt) |
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| is a Building Technique that finely cuts stone, works until squared , cuboid or trapozoidal. |
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| Paper like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant. Egyptians used it like paper to communicate on. |
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| The decorative generalization of figures and objects by means of various conventional techniques including simplazation of line, form, and relationships |
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| long sequence of columns in a building or structure. |
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| Egyptian form of writing on papyrus and other materials using symols as a means of communication. |
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| A paranormal often malevolent being prevalent in religion, occult, literature, unclean spirit, the act of being unclean. |
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| jars used in mummification to hold organs, liver, lungs and entrails |
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| art of preserving a dead persons remains. egyptians used herbs and salts |
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A large Elaborate Cemetary Of an Ancient City.
is a Large Ancient Cemetary with Elaborate Tomb Monuments |
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| house of egyptian eternal tomb, flat roofed rectangle structure made out of mud bricks, arabic word for bench of mud. |
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| literally meaning cold water, is an ancient tomb, Eygyptian, served as a chamber for ka staue of a deceased individual during the old kingdom |
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| spirit of the person after death roamed the earth to find a home in the KA statue his or her likeness. |
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| mummified remains of a king or ruler in Egypt. |
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| Very durable hard stone used in balls to work softer stones like granite, used in scupture because it was able to polish to a high scheen and used in pavement |
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| which means roof under columns, They can be a different levels as to let light in. |
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| a Hall That has a roof that is supported by columns |
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| is a technique used in art in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict relative importance of a figure. |
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| simplified or exaggerated visual form that emphasizes particular or contrived design qualities, abstracted and invention |
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