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34 Cards in this Set
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Naturalism
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the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting; unaffected; simple; animal-centered
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Conceptualism
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art in which the concepts or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns
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Hieratic Style
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of or relating to styles in art that adhere to certain fixed types or methods, as in ancient Egypt; type of Egyptian cursive
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Contour
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the outline of a figure, body or mass
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Volume
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The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units; a scroll of parchment
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Frontality
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frontal view of object or person in artwork
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Ground Line
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baseline on which figures appear to stand in artwork, usually term pertains to relief sculptures
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Architectural Plan
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a plan for architecture, and the documentation of written and graphic descriptions of the architectural elements of a building project including sketches, drawings and details.
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Elevation
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a drawing to scale of the external face of a building or structure
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Post and Lintel
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or post & beam; construction method using a lintel, header, or architrave as the horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical columns, pillars, or posts; Stone Henge
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Mortise and Tenon
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joins pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°
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Cromlech
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prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means "flagstone"; Stonehenge
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Dolmen
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a portal tomb, portal grave; a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table)
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Mastaba
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a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides that marked the burial site
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Pyramid
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structure whose outer surfaces are roughly triangular and converge to a single point at the top; made of limestone usually
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Temenos
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a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, or a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a sanctuary, holy grove or holy precinct; think Palette
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Necropolis
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a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tombs: "city of the dead"; at the center of cities
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Ka
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Predynastic Pharoh of Upper Egypt; one of five parts of the Egyptian soul that makes the individual unique (the vital spark)
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Imhotep
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considered to be the first architect and engineer and physician in early history who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis
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Canon of Proportions
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Whenever the Ancient Egyptian artists sculptured, inscribed or painted figures, their proportions would be determined by a canon of proportions; 18-19 untis to head/top of head
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Fresco Secco
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technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster
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Pylon Temple
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monumental gate or door built in front of an Egyptian temple and consisting of two towers with an entrance between them.
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Hypostyle Hall
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located within the Karnak temple complex in Egypt; designed by Seti I and Ramesees I and II
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Re (Ra)
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Egyptian sun god
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Aten (Aton)
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the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra; est. by Amenhotep IV; 12th dynasty
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Tel Amarna
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an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city newly–established and built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1353 BC), and abandoned shortly afterwards
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ben-ben
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the mound that arose from the primordial waters, Nu, and on which the creator god Atum settled; it's said that it turned into a pyramid in Annu where Atum would reside
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ziggurat
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massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
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Lamassu
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a protective deity, often depicted with a bull or lion's body, eagle's wings, and human's head
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relief carving
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a type of woodcarving is as old as antiquity
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narrative style
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a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events
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cuneiform
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Sumerian writing; first form of writing
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votive figure
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made as an act of worship to the gods and placed in a shrine before the image of the god.
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intarsia
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a knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours
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