Chapter 3 - Egypt Flashcards
Ankh
Symbol of life
Axial plan
Plan where building parts are organized along axis
Canon of proportions
Set of proportional ratios in art based on measurements of human body
Canopic jar
Containers for major organs
Cartouche
Oval, formed by rope loop
Colonnade
Row of columns supporting straight lintel or series of arches
Demotic writing
Simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphics
Engaged column
Column attached to wall
Faience
Technique where glass paste is fired and produces shiny, opaque, smooth finish
Glyph
Picto/hieroglyph
Groundline
Space as horizontal register where top is most distant
Hieratic writing
Simplified hieroglyphics
Hieroglyph
Symbols “sacred” “to carve”
Hypostyle hall
Vast hall of columns (outside temple )
Mastaba
Flat topped, 1-story building with slanted walls erected above underground chamber