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| technique that involves deliberate cutting into an object with a sharp utensil |
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| 3D art that is free standing |
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| technique in which art is made from carving in the front and still attached |
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| pose made of frontal and profile view combined |
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| architectural system with 2 or more posts (vertical element) supporting a lintel (horizontal element) |
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| method in which stones are stacked diagonally with protruding stones on each row; the top row is capped with a large stone that rests on each side |
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| architectural structure of Neolithic Period that uses large stones |
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| narrow, stone-lined passageway that leads into a large room at the center |
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| mortise and tension joints |
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| joints made by conical projection at the top of each upright (stone) that fits like a peg into a hole |
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| soil/clay/silica liquid painted onto a pot that melts and turns into a coat |
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| Sumerian writing style that included "wedge shaped" symbols and pictographs |
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| central piece of architecture in Sumerian culture dedicated to dieties; represents mountains, gods/rulers, has tiers with a temple at the top |
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| horizontal bands that represent a visual narrative |
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| images dedicated to the gods; worshippers could set up images of themselves in a shrine before a larger image of a god |
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| technique of carving out an area and replacing it with a different material for emphasis |
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| use of differences in size to indicate relative importance |
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| stone slab placed vertically and decorated with inscriptions or reliefs; could be used as grave markers and monuments |
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| supernatural protectors of palaces/throne rooms that were combos of a head of a bearded man, lion or bull body, eagle wings, and a god head horness |
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| alternating high and low sections of a wall, giving notched appearance and creating defensive shields on top of buildings |
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| Babylonian goddess of war, wisdom, fertility; represented as a lion with a snarled face and beast body |
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| patron god of Babylon, associated with Nebuchadnezzar, represented by hybrid of snake head, bull body, lion/eagle legs, and scorpion tail |
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| god of weather (fertility, land) represented by bull |
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| glaze made with copper process that results in blue coating? |
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