Key terms #1

Question 1

A gift of gratitude to a deity

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Votive

Question 2

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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Armature

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Figures projecting from a background of which they are part

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Relief

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Greek “city of the dead” A large burial area or cemetary

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Necropolis

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An artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance

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Hierarchy of scale

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A composition that is symmetrical on either side of a central figure

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Heraldic composition

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“Burial mound”, Latin

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Tumulus (pl. tumuli)

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Greek “great stone”. A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures

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Megalithic

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An arch formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet at an arch

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Corbeled arch

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Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull

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Lamassu

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A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events

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Stele

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In ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a monumental platform for a temple

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Ziggurat

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

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Crenellation

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Arabic “bench” An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft

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Mastaba

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A small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deceased

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Serdab

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In ancient Egypt, the immoral human life force

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Ka

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A low-fired opaque glasslike silicate

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Faience

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Linen headdress worn by the pharaoh, with the uraeus cobra of kingship on the front

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Nemes

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An Egyptian cobra, one of the emblems of pharaonic kingship

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Uraeus

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A hall with a root supported by columns

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Hypostyle

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The wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple, characterized by its sloping walls

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Pylon

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The fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts

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Clerestory

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Greek “high city” In ancient Greece, usually site of city’s most important temples

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Acropolis

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In ancient Greek two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or oil

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Amphora

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A pouring vessel

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Rhyton

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Fashioned of gold and ivory

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Chryselephantine

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Carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone used in construction, fitted together without mortar

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Ashlar

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Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with graver

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Repoussé

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A temple with a circular plan

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Tholos