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Test One (201)
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/15/2009

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mortise and tenon
Definition
Bowl and pin used to attach stones (Stonehenge)
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trillithon
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Three stones, 2 posts and lintel
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round barrows
Definition
contained bones of people w/ gold (Stonehenge)
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aubrey holes
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56 holes containing wood (stonehenge)
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palimp sest
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record of the passing of time by using layers (hall of bulls)
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abstraction
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captures essential elements without being true to life (chinese horse)
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sculpture relief
Definition
sculpture that protrudes past the walls (victory stele of naram sim)
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atl-atl
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tip of a sphere (bird-headed man)
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reinach
Definition
theories that paintings were produced by a form of magic to ensure success in the hunt (hall of the bulls at lascaux)
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tectaforms
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unidentifiable language (lascaux)
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magico religious
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some form of religion with which people sought to control thier environments
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canon of proportions
Definition
unit of measure (ti watching....)
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post and lintel
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a system of construction in which two posts support a lintel (stonehenge)
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stele
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a stone slab used to commemorate (victory stele of naram-sim, akkadian)
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bent axis plan
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an archetectual plan incorporating sharp changed in direction (nanna ziggurat, neo-sumerian
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cramlach
Definition
circle place
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