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40 Cards in this Set
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-Prehistoric
- Lascaux Cave (Hall of Bulls and Bird-Headed Man) -15,000 BCE -Pigment on cave |
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-Prehistoric -Woman from Willendorf, Austria-24,000 BCE -stone |
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-Prehistoric
-Stonehenge -3000-1500 BCE -stone |
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-Mesopotamian
-3500-1000 BCE -Ziggurat at Ur -mud brick |
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-Mesopotamian
-3500-1000 BCE -Stele of Naram-sin -limestone |
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Mesopotamian 3500-1000 BCE -Stele of Hammurabi -basalt (hard stone) |
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-Mesopotamian
-3500-1000 BCE -Votive Stature of Gudea -Diorite (hard stone) |
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-AncientEgyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Palette of King Narmer -slate (hard stone) |
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-Ancient Egyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Menkaure and His Wife -stone |
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-Ancient Egyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Khafre -diorite (hard stone) |
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-Ancient Egyptian -3000-1000 BCE -Great Pyramids at Giza and Khafre as Sphinx -limestone and granite |
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-Ancient Egyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Step Pyramid of King Djoser -limestone |
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-Ancient Egyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Nefertiti -painted limestone |
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-Ancient Egyptian
-3000-1000 BCE -Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun -gold, glass and semiprecious stones |
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-Minoan
-3000-1500 BCE -Male Lyre Player -marble |
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-Minoan
-3000-1500 BCE -Bull Leaping -fresco |
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-Minoan
-3000-1500 BCE -Palace at Knossos -fresco |
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-Minoan
-3000-1500 BCE -Octopus flask -ceramic |
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-Minoan -3000-1500 BCE -Reconstruction of Palace at Knossos -drawing |
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-Mycenaen
-1600-1200 BCE -Lion Gate, Mycenae -stone |
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-Mycenaen
-1600-1200 BCE -Corbeledvault, Mycenae -stone |
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-Prehistoric
-Lascaux Cave (Hall of Bulls and Bird-Headed Man) -15,000 BCE -Pigment on cave |
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hieratic scale |
The use of different sizes for significant or holy figures and those of the everyday world to indicate relative importance. The larger the figure, the greater its importance. |
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sarcophagus |
A rectangular stone coffin. Often decorated with relief sculpture. |
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low relief |
A relief sculpture is called high or low depending upon the extent of projection of the image from the background. |
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mastaba |
A flat topped, one-story building with slanted walls over an ancient Egyptian underground tomb. |
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fresco |
A painting technique in which water-based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster and are absorbed into it, becoming part of the wall itself. |
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pigment |
The substance or powder that makes up the color of the paint. |
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megalith |
A large stone used in prehistoric cultures as a monument or building block. |
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bilateral symmetry |
A basic body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other.
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corbel vaulting |
A roofing and arching technique in which each course of stone projects inward and slightly beyond the previous layer until the uppermost corbels meet, creating a nearly pointed vault. |
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post-and-lintel construction
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An architectural system of construction with two or more vertical elements (posts) supporting a horizontal element (lintel). |
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funerary
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Of or suitable for a funeral or burial. |
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cuneiform
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An early form of writing with wedge-shaped marks impressed into wet clay with a stylus; used primarily by ancient Mesopotamians. |
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dressed stone |
Highly finished, precisely cut blocks of stone laid in even courses, creating a uniform face with fine joints. |
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veneer |
In architecture, the exterior facing of a building, often in decorative patterns of fine stone or brick. In decorative arts, a thin exterior layer of finer material laid over less valuable material. |
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stele |
An upright stone slab articulated with inscriptions or reliefs. Used as a grave marker or commemorative monument. |
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cloisonné
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An ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects, in recent centuries using vitreous enamel, and in older periods also inlays of cut gemstones, glass, and other materials.
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ziggurat
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In Mesopotamia, a tall stepped pyramidal structure of earthen materials, often supporting a shrine. |
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incised |
A technique where a design or inscription was cut into a hard surface with a sharp instrument. |
