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17 Cards in this Set
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axis
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the line or a point on which a work is organized
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cella
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an inner chamber of a temple
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Paleolithic
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the era in which tools began to be used to create art
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bent-axis
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Neolithic
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the last part of the Stone Age (9500 BC)
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composite view
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twisted perspective
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Mesolithic
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between Paleolithic and Neolithic (Heads of Gericho)
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mastaba
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burial chamber in pyramids
layers like benches |
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Canon
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idealized and standardized form
unchanging |
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pylon temple
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pylon walls separate layers of rooms
light and dark hierarchy |
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hypostyle hall
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many-columned halls
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clerestory
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architecture designed to let in light through use of walls, columns
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relief
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high, low
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ashlar masonry
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pin & mortisse masonry
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corbeling
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built up blocks stacked unevenly to form arch
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corbeled vault
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"Treasure of Atreus"
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Mycenaean
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1600 BC – c. 1100 BC
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