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30 Cards in this Set
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Binder
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A material used in painting
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Kiln
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A ovan to bake clay
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Medium
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A liquid substance which pigment is suspended such as oil or water
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Modeling
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Value's aka Dark and Light
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Megalith
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A large stone used in prehistoric monuments.
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Monolith
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A large block used in megalith structures.
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Pigment
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a powder that gives color to paint
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Relief
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A sculpture that is facing outward
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Support
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The surface you paint on.
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Vehicle
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The liquid in which pigments are suspended
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Cuneiform
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A form of writing dealing with shapes.
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Column
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A cylindrical support usually with three parts.
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Cylinder Seal
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a small cylinder of stone engraved in intaglio.
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Glyptic art
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art thats engraved or carved in stone.
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Hierarchical proportion
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Important people are bigger then others.
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Lamassu
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Human Bull with wings
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Lapis Lazuli
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a important blue stone used with blue pigment.
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Provenience
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The act of coming from a particular source.
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Register
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a range or row
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Stele
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A upright stone slab or pillar with inscriptions.
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Ziggurat
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A trapezoid step Mountain Base.
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Canon
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A set of rules
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Cartouche
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A scroll containing inscriptions.
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Clerestory
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The top part of a outer wall of a outer building.
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Hypostyle
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A hall where the roof is supported by colums.
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Mastaba
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a rectangular burial mound.
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Obelisk
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A tall 4 sided stone that caps a pyramidion
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Papyrus
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A paper like material made from plants.
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Pylons
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Pyramids at the entrance to temples.
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Pyramidion
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A small pyramid at the top of a obelisk.
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