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A roof or ceiling of masonary constructed on the arch principle
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Vault
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constructed
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representing the likeness of a reconizable human ( or animal) form
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Figurative
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human or animal
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A prehistoric monumnet consisting of a circle of monoliths
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Cromlech
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prehistoric
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a rectangular burial monument in ancient egypt
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Mesatba
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ancient egypt
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In a painting and sculpture having a gerneralized or essential form with only a symbolic resemblance to natural objects
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Abstract
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natrual objects
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A large block of stone that is in all one piece
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Monumental
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stone
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Dromos
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A road way that leads to fauls ( circle tomb)
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road
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it was consturcted in post-and lintal system fuelation and had 2 rows of collun flaked by 2 shorter collums on either side
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Hypostyle
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2 rows
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A technique of painting on the plaster surface or wall or ceiling white it is still damp
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Fresco
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wall or ceiling
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a prehistoric monolith staning alone or grouped with other stones
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Menhirt
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monolith
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earthware or pottery decorated with brightly colored glazes ( orginally from fenza, a city in north itaily)
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Faience
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pottery or earthware
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a large block of stone that is all in one piece used in megalithic structures
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monolith
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large block
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reppersenting natural objects in recaizable form
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representational
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n objects
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the distortion of a representational image to conform to certian artistic conventions or to emphasize a particualr quality
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stylization
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emphasize
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a freestanding sculpture firgures carved or molded in 3 demensions
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sculpture in the round
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venus in furs
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a noveral or scroll shaped disign or a monument usally containing an isporation or heloalic device a rulers name ( as in egypt ??
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cartouche
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to cut designs or letters into a hard surface with sharp int.
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incise
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sharp
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tall tapering four gided pillers endingin a painted rpcalled a crossol royal status
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oblisk
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4 guided pillers
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a mode of sculpture in which an image is developed outward. ( higher or low relife) or inward from a basic plane
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relife
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basic plane
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the representation of objects and figures accuring to stone dercods or beauty rather than real life
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idealized
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real life
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in 2 demintional art the use of value to suggest light and shawdo and thus create the effect of mass and weight . In sculpture the veration of a form by minuplating a pliable material such as clay.
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modeling
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2 dementional art, sculputre
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not representing any known object in nature
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nonrepresenelairual
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not representing
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a large undressed stone used in the construction of prehistoric artifacts
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megalith
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large
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an architectual system in which upright members or posts support horizontial members or linths .
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post and lintel
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horizontal
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flowers that represent lower egypt
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papyrus
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flowers
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written in a script espeically in egypt whose characters are pictory preresentations of objects
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hirogliphs
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script
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windows let in small amounts of light that enhnced the effect of the surface of wall or ceilling while it is still damp
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cleresotry
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windows
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the standared egyption temple called a plynn temple arthe two massive sculping walls.
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pylon
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temple
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ka was the only one aspect of the egytion triple concept of the spirit
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ka
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spirit
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