Egyptian vocab

Question 1

hierarchal scale

Question 2

hypostyle hall

Answer 2

a large room whose roof is supported by columns or pillars

Question 3

in situ

Answer 3

on site; a work of art that is located in its original setting

Question 4

ka

Answer 4

one’s spirit or soul, in pharaonic religion

Question 5

mastaba

Answer 5

a large flat stone structure, originally used as a burial marker in pharaonic Egypt

Question 6

pylon

Answer 6

a monumental entranceway in an Egyptian temple; usually consists of two large, triangular walls with a small entrance between them

Question 7

pilaster

Answer 7

a rectangular architectural element that is meant to look like a column, but which does not actually provide any support

Question 8

register

Answer 8

one row in a visual narrative (for example, one row on an Egyptian papyrus or one row in a comic book)

Question 9

narrative

Answer 9

a story or message; in art, often in visual form

Question 10

relief

Answer 10

in art, a sculpture or carving that remains attached to a backing surface

high relief - sculptures extend far enough to be reached around

low relief - sculptures remained fully attached to backing surface

Question 11

stylized

Answer 11

in a consistent but non-realistic manner

(pharaonic art depicts people tall, straight-backed, and from the side in a consistently stylized manner)

Question 12

canon of proportions

Answer 12

a set of consistent mathematical proportions governing artistic renditions of people or other subjects

(the consisted rendering of people in pharaonic art)