Ch 1- Ch 12 Flashcards
Paleolithic
A period in human history when early humans developed stone tools and other artifacts
Neolithic
A time when humans began to settle down and domesticate animals and plants
Megalith
A large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument
Post and Lintel
A basic building technique that uses vertical posts to support horizontal lintels
Bust
A sculpture of a person’s head, shoulders, and chest
Register
A horizontal band in a work of art that contains decorative or narrative imagery
Votive
A category of art that includes objects, paintings, and sculptures that are offered as a form of worship or to express gratitude
Hierarchy of Scale
A technique used in art and design to show the importance of different elements by scaling them up or down
Stele
An upright stone or wooden monument that was used in ancient cultures to convey information
Ziggurat
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
Hieroglyph
A character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian monuments
Necropolis
A large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.
Mastaba
A type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides
Ka
The supposed spiritual part of an individual human being or god, which survived (with the soul) after death and could reside in a statue of the person.
Serdab
A small, sealed chamber in an ancient Egyptian tomb that holds a statue of a deceased person
Stepped Pyramid
A structure that resembles a geometric pyramid and is made up of flat platforms or steps that get smaller as they rise
Sarcophagus
A coffin or a container to hold a coffin
Crook and Flail
Symbols of the pharaoh’s power and authority
Sunken Relief
A sculptural technique where figures are carved into a surface so that they are below the surface’s original plane
Obelisk
A tall, tapered, four-sided monument with a pyramid top
Book of the Dead
A collection of ancient Egyptian funerary texts and illustrations that served as a guide for the deceased to the afterlife
Lamassu
Mythological creatures from ancient Mesopotamia that appear in art as protective deities with the head of a human, the body of a bull, and the wings of a bird
Orthostat
A large stone slab that is set upright and used to construct walls or foundations
Material Culture
The study of the physical objects that express a culture, including art, tools, and other belongings
