ARTH Flashcards Chapter 3

Question 1

ankh

Answer 1

a looped cross signifying life used by ancient Egyptians

Question 2

canon of proportions

Answer 2

a set of ideal math ratios in art based on measurements, the proportional relationships between the basic elements of the human body

Question 3

canopic jar

Answer 3

special jar used to store organs

Question 4

capital

Answer 4

sculpted block that tops a column

Question 5

clerestory

Answer 5

topmost zone of a wall with windows extending the roofs –> provides direct light

Question 6

colonnade

Answer 6

a row of columns, supporting a series of arches

Question 7

grid

Answer 7

system of regularly spaced horizontally and vertically crossed linked that give regularity to an architectural plan or in the composition of a work of art

Question 8

hue

Answer 8

pure colour, value depends on its lightness or darkness

Question 9

hypostyle hall

Answer 9

a large interior room characterized by many closely spacec columns that support its roof

Question 10

mastaba

Answer 10

a flat topped, one story structure with slanted walls built over an ancient Egyptian underground tomb

Question 11

nemes headdress

Answer 11

royal headdress of ancient egypt

Question 12

peristyle

Answer 12

surrodned on the exterior by a colonnade → a peristyle court is an open colonnade courtyard, often having a pool and garden

Question 13

portico

Answer 13

porch

Question 14

pylon

Answer 14

a massive gateway formed by a pair of tapering walls of oblong shape

Question 15

sacrophagus

Answer 15

stone coffin –> rectangualr, decorated with relief sculpture

Question 16

scarab

Answer 16

stylized dung beetle associted with the sun and the god Amun

Question 17

stucco

Answer 17

mixture of lime, sand, and other ingredients that can be molded