exam 1 key terms Flashcards
incision
General
to cut into a surface with a sharp instrument also a methode of decoration especially on metal and pottery
relief
general
in sculpture, figures project from a background of wich they are part
outline
general
silhouette
general
composite perspective
general
a convention of representation in which a part of a figure is shown in profile andanother part of the same picture is shown frontally
armature
general
the crossed or diagonal arches that form the skeletal framework of a gothic rib vault. in sculpture the framework for a clay form.
confronted
general
lapis lazuli
general
votive
general
a gift or graditude to a deity
necropolis
general
greek city of the dead a large burial area
hierarchy of scale
general
an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance
heraldic composition
general
a composition that is symetrical on either side of a centeral figure
tumulus
prehistoric and neolithic
latin burial moundtombs cut out of the local limbestone
megalithic
prehistoric and neolithic
greak for great stone. a large roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures
corbeled arch
prehistoric and neolithic
an arch formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch
lamassu
near eastern
assyrian gaurdian in the form of a man-headed winged bull
stele
near eastern
a carved stone slab used to mark graves or to comemorate historical events
ziggurat
near eastern
a monumental platform for a temple
genius
near eastern
rosette
near eastern
diorite
near eastern
crenelation
near eastern
alternating solid merlons and open crenels in the notched tops of walls as in battlements
mastaba
egyptian
an ancient egyptian rectangualr brick or stone structure with sloping sides erect over a subteranian tomb chamber connected to the outside by a shaft
serdab
egyptian
a small conceilled chamber in egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deaceased
ka
egyptian
an ancient egyptian imortal human life force
papyrus
egyptian
a plant native to egypt and adjecent lands used to make paperlike writing material also the material or any writing on it
faience
egyptian
a low fiered opaque glass like silicate
serekh
egyptian
nemes
egyptian
an ancient egyptian linnen headress worn by the pharoh wit hthe uraeus cobra of kingship on the front
causeway
egyptian
cartouche
egyptian
uraeus
egyptian
an egyptian cobra on of the symbols of pharohtonic kingship
hypostyle
egyptian
a hall with a roof supported by a lot of collumns
pylon
egyptian
the wide entrence gateway of an egyptian temple charictorized by its sloping walls
clerestory
egyptian
the fenestrated part of the building that rises above the roofs of all other parts. clearistory windows*
osiride
egyptian
acropolis
aegean
greek high city. in Ancient Greece usually the site the the cities most imporant temples.
amphora
aegean
an Ancient Greek two handled jar used for general storage perposes, usually to hold wine or oil
rhyton
aegean
a pouring vessel
chryselephantine
aegean
fashioned of gold and ivory
ashlar
aegean
carefully cut and regularly shaped peices of stone used in construcion fitted together without mortar
cyclopean
aegean
using massive iregular blocks without mortar
megaron
aegean
the large reception hall and throne roomfronted by two columned porch
thylos
aegean
repousse
aegean
a form of relief by beating a metal plate from the back leaving the impression on the face
