Arth Test 1

Front 1

Heraldic Composition

Back 1

A composition that is symmetrical on either side of the central figure

Front 2

Register

Back 2

One of a series of superimposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed

Front 3

Cuneiform

Back 3

First for of writing, originating in Sumer - pressed into clay tablets

Front 4

Ziggurat

Back 4

In ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a monumental platform for a temple

Front 5

Votive Offering

Back 5

A gift of gratitude to a deity

Front 6

Hierarchy of Scale

Back 6

An artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance

Front 7

Relief

Back 7

In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. In the last, the artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself.

Front 8

Hieratic Position

Back 8

Position that honors Gods - i.e. praying

Front 9

Stele

Back 9

A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.

Front 10

Iconography

Back 10

"The writing of images." The term refers both to the content, or subject, of an artwork and to the study of content in art. It also includes the study of the symbolic, often religious, meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art.