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23 Cards in this Set
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Anthropormorphic
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half human, half animal in many ancient belief systems
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canon
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a rule of proportion for example used in Egyptian art, all the figures were drawn by the rule
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conceptual
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combination of profile and frontal views on a figure
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corbeling
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overlapping courses of material to create project, like in The Lion Gate
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cromlech
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a circle of standing stones, used in Stonehenge
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cyclopean wall
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walls built by Myceneans, Greeks used this word because the didn't think that humans made them
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dolmen
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upright stones with a cap stone, they were tombs originally
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fresco
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a wall painting with fresh plaster where water pigments are painted on top then seep in making it permanent as the wall
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helladic
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culture of the greek mainland during the ancient aegean period
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hypostyle
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greek term (hypo meaning under - style meaning column) referring to any building supported by columns like in the temple of amen re
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idealized
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resembles a person, but that is flawless and ageless, many of the egyptian statues were presented this way to emphasis their power and eternal reign
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Labyrinth
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Palace of Knossos, mythological story about a Minoutaur
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Limestone
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sedimentary rock most common stone in building, soft and easy to cut, it's everywhere and abundant used in most ancient buildings including the pyramids
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Mesopotamia
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the land between the rivers (tigris and the euphrates) Modern day Iraq Site of the earliest civilizations
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naturalistic vs. abstract
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- an image represented as the viewer sees it in reality
-simplification or distortion of an image |
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neolithic
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new stone age
agriculture starts civilization starts domestication of animals animal husbandry |
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palimpsest
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a situation where you have an older image under a newer one and you can still see the old one
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provenance
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where something comes from
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pylon temple
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New Kingdom, most common temple til the end of Egyptian History ex. Temple of Amen-Re
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absolute vs. relative chronology
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-find something with a date or an event that corresponds with a date; carbon dating
-based on the idea that the further down you dig the older it is, and similar objects are the same age regardless of depth |
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theocratic socialism
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Government ruled by a god, people work for the government and all goods are made for everyone and distributed
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volume vs. depth
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-appearnce of third dimension on figures and objects
-shows the third dimension on a practically 2-D surface |
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votive
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Something that perpetuates prayer like the Sumerian Statues from Abu Temple
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