Chap 1-2 Flashcards
Base
Any support (bottom)
Bitumen
An asphalt used as cement or mortar
Capital
Sculptured block that tops (top)
Citadel
Fortress
Column
Used for support and decoration
Cone mosaic
Surface decorated by pressing pieces of mosaic onto clay or plaster
Crenellation
Notched walls
Cuneiform
Ancient writing in the form of symbols, used by the Sumerians
Cylinder seals
Cylinder stone incised with pictures (stamp)
Filigree
Delicate, lacelike, ornamented work
Glazed
Film of colored glass over surface
Gold leaf
Paper thin sheets of hammered gold
Glutting
To fill
Hieratic scale
Size associated with importance
High relief
Sculpture extruding a lot from background
Incised
Being inscribed
Inlays
Set with materials on surface
Lost-wax casting
Hollow mold, wax flows out, etc
Low relief monumental
Low relief on a monument
Palace complex
Group of buildings where rulers governed and lived