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44 Cards in this Set
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Paleolithic
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- old stone age paleo (old) stone (lith)
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Neolithic
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new stone age
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Sculpture in the round
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3-diminishally carved figured
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Relief sculptures
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surrounding material is carved area forming a background that sets off the figure
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Twisted perspective
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showing parts of the image in profile and parts from the front
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Ceramics
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wares made of baked clay
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Corbelling
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layers of flat stones without mortar projecting slightly inward over the one below
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Post and lintel
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two or more vertical elements are used to support abridging horizontal one
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Post
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vertical element
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Lintel
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top horizontal piece
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Megalith
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large stone structures
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Pictograph
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simple pictures drawn into wet day with a pointed tool
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Cuneiform
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images that represent sounds of syllables Sumarian
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Hieroglyphic
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pictographs and phonograms from Egypt
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Ziggurat
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stepped pyramidal structures with a temple or shrine on top
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Cylindrical seal
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incised stones containing a unique symbol used to secure, indentify documents, and signify property ownership
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Stele
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upright stone slab
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Hieratic scale
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greater size is an indication of greater importance
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Palette
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flat stones with a circular depression carved on one side, used to grind paint
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Ka
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spirit, lived on after death
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Mastaba
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flat topped one story structure with slanted walls erected above an underground bundl chamber
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Hypostyle (hall)-
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a vast column-filled space
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Sarcophagus
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rectangular stone coffin
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Acropolis
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cities built upon hilltops
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Cella or naos
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main room in a temple
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Pediment
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changes that form the ends and support roof
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Kouros
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young man
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Kore
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young woman
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Black figure
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slip to silhouette figures
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Red figure
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red figures stand out against black backgrounds
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Caryatid
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carved figures functioning as columns (PEOPLE COLUMNS!)
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Contrapposto
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“hip out” pose
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Hellenistic
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Greek like
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Orchestra
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circular performance area
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Arch
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fundamental element formed by fitting together wedge shaped pieces and locked together by final top center piece
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Voussoir
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wedge shaped piece forming arch
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Arcade
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series of regularly spaced arched openings
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Aqueduct
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structures with water concluits
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Barrel vault
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lengthened simple round arch
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Groin vault
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2 buried spaces intersect at 90˚
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Concrete
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stone rubble in a binder made from volcanic sand and water
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Forum
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civic center, large open surrounded by columns leading to a temple/basiliea
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Rotunda
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circular room
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Coffers
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the inside of the pantheon doom, the roof
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