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| a side view, outline, or representation of an object, esp. of a human face or head |
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| primitive or magical ritual using objects or actions resembling or symbolically associated with the event or person over which influence is sought. |
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| Twisted perspective (composite view) |
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| A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally. |
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| a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones, found chiefly in Britain and France |
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| a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights. |
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| Using corbeling (laying rocks on top of each other, moving inwards) to support a structure's roof |
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| a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 |
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| Man made mountain, typically with temple on top. |
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| a horizontal level in a work that consists of several levels, especially where the levels are clearly separated by lines |
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| Relief sculpture which is just slightly carved out |
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| An offering put in a temple or religious place to show dedication to god(s) |
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| the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork |
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| a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in ancient Western culture as a monument |
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| an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet (5–6 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings. |
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| A necropolis is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments (city of the dead) |
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| a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death |
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| a building with a roof which is supported by columns |
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| a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark. |
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| Relief which carves into the stone, not out of it |
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| a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries. |
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| a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar. |
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| a tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck. Associated with women |
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| a large vase in Ancient Greece, particularly used for watering down wine. associated with men |
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| Style of vase painting the involved carving out the details of the image |
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| reverse of black figure technique, easier to use |
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| Faint smile on all statues in Archaic Greek Style |
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| an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs. |
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| a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged. |
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| Main parts of the temple –column, entablature, pediment |
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| is the artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; it is a form of realism. The word comes from Latin verus (true). |
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| Concrete used to make more complex architectural structures, like the Colosseum |
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| a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. |
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| A building style used as civic buildings and then was adapted to become a christian sanctuary style |
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| repurposed building stone for new construction, or decorative sculpture reused in new monuments |
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| human-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place is a catacomb |
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| (in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave |
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| a place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery |
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| related to foreshadowing- ex. Jonah sacrificing himself and being swallowed by the whale, only to reemerge 3 days later |
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a curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.
Top of Hagia Sophia |
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| a manuscript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. |
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the social belief in the importance of the destruction of usually religious icons and other images or monuments, most frequently for religious or political reasons.
-occurred in the Byzantine empire for some time |
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a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
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| a niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, toward which the congregation faces to pray. |
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| an ornamental design consisting of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration. |
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| Enclosure in a mosque, situated near the mihrab and minbar, defined by a metal or timber screen, used by a ruler for purposes of protection and status |
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| decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering |
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| "gesture" is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. |
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a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence.
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