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name and period ?
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palaeolithic, Venus of Willendorf
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define cromlech
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a circular grouping of monoliths
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define post & lintel
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two posts supporting horizontal beam
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name and period
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neolithic, Stonehenge
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name and period
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ziggurat at ur, Sumerian
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define: descriptive perspective. Egypt
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more important figures are shown as larger than others
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define: engaged
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attached, no open spaced
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frontality
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figures shown with legs, arms, and faces in profile, but the upper body is turned towards the viewer, and the eye is in frontal view
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define hypostyle hall
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a building supported by many rows of columns
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define :pylon
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huge entryway for an Egyptian temple
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define: registers
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horizontal bands placed above one another
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period and title
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old kingdom. king mycerinus and his queen
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title and period
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old kingdom, step pyramid of king zozer
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middle kingdom, Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
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new kingdom. Queen Nefertiti
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new kingdom, Temple of Amun
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bull dance, Minoan
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Mycenaean, Lion Gate
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capital
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the top decorative element of a pillar
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caryatid
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a support column in the form of a hot babe
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contrapposto
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technique of sculpting a human figure in a pose with the weight on one leg and the shoulders and hips counterbalancing each other in a natural way
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cornice
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the top most projecting part of an entablature Classical Greek Building
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entablature
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the upper part of an architectural order, being the part placed above the columns, consisting of architrave, frieze, and cornice
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frieze
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a horizontal band decorated with carved figures
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Archaic, Peplos Kore
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dying Gaul, Hellenistic
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Classical, Kritios Boy
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classical, The Parthenon
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Etruscan, Statuette of a Rider
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
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the Pantheon
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