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Composite view/twisted perspective |
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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Concrete |
A building material invented by the Romans and consisting of various proportions of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water, and small stones |
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Contrapposto |
The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part(usually hips and legs one way, shoulders and chest another), creating a counterpositioning of the body about its central axis. Sometimes called “weight shift” because the weight of the body tends to be thrown to one foot, creating tension on one side and relaxation on the other |
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Hierarchy of scale |
An artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance |
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Ka |
In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force |
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Mandala |
Sanskrit term for the sacred diagram of the universe; Japanese, mandara |
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Mastaba |
Arabic, “bench.” An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft |
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Register |
One of a series of superimposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed |
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Reliquary |
A container for holding relics |
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Stupa |
A large, mound-shaped Buddhist shrine |
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Symposium |
An ancient Greek banquet attended solely by men(and female servants and prostitutes) |
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Icon |
A portrait or image;especially in Byzantine churches, a panel with a painting of sacred personages that are objects of veneration. In the visual arts, a painting, a piece of sculpture, or even a building regarded as an object of veneration |
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Millefiori |
From Italian, meaning ‘a thousand flowers;’ A kind of ornamental glass in which a number of glass rods of different sizes and colors are fused together and cut into sections that form various patterns, typically embedded in colorless transparent glass to make items such as paperweights |
