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incision

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General

to cut into a surface with a sharp instrument also a methode of decoration especially on metal and pottery

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relief

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general

in sculpture, figures project from a background of wich they are part

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outline

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general

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silhouette

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general

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composite perspective

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a convention of representation in which a part of a figure is shown in profile andanother part of the same picture is shown frontally

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armature

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general
the crossed or diagonal arches that form the skeletal framework of a gothic rib vault. in sculpture the framework for a clay form.

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confronted

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general

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lapis lazuli

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general

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votive

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general

a gift or graditude to a deity

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necropolis

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greek city of the dead a large burial area

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hierarchy of scale

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an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance

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heraldic composition

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a composition that is symetrical on either side of a centeral figure

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tumulus

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prehistoric and neolithic

latin burial moundtombs cut out of the local limbestone

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megalithic

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prehistoric and neolithic

greak for great stone. a large roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures

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corbeled arch

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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

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lamassu

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near eastern

assyrian gaurdian in the form of a man-headed winged bull

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stele

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near eastern

a carved stone slab used to mark graves or to comemorate historical events

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ziggurat

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near eastern

a monumental platform for a temple

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genius

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near eastern

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rosette

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near eastern

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diorite

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near eastern

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crenelation

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near eastern

alternating solid merlons and open crenels in the notched tops of walls as in battlements

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mastaba

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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

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serdab

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egyptian

a small conceilled chamber in egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deaceased

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ka

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egyptian

an ancient egyptian imortal human life force

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papyrus

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egyptian
a plant native to egypt and adjecent lands used to make paperlike writing material also the material or any writing on it

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faience

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egyptian

a low fiered opaque glass like silicate

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serekh

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egyptian

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nemes

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egyptian

an ancient egyptian linnen headress worn by the pharoh wit hthe uraeus cobra of kingship on the front

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causeway

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egyptian

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cartouche

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egyptian

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uraeus

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egyptian

an egyptian cobra on of the symbols of pharohtonic kingship

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hypostyle

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egyptian

a hall with a roof supported by a lot of collumns

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pylon

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egyptian

the wide entrence gateway of an egyptian temple charictorized by its sloping walls

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clerestory

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egyptian

the fenestrated part of the building that rises above the roofs of all other parts. clearistory windows*

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osiride

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egyptian

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acropolis

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aegean

greek high city. in Ancient Greece usually the site the the cities most imporant temples.

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amphora

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aegean

an Ancient Greek two handled jar used for general storage perposes, usually to hold wine or oil

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rhyton

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aegean

a pouring vessel

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chryselephantine

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aegean

fashioned of gold and ivory

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ashlar

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aegean

carefully cut and regularly shaped peices of stone used in construcion fitted together without mortar

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cyclopean

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aegean

using massive iregular blocks without mortar

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megaron

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aegean

the large reception hall and throne roomfronted by two columned porch

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thylos

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aegean

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repousse

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aegean

a form of relief by beating a metal plate from the back leaving the impression on the face

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