Vocab Part 1 Flashcards
Stratified
A social system of which people are not of equal status, and which is composed of social classes of unequal status.
Centralized
A type of socio-political organization I which there is a central political and/or religious authority, typical of stratified societies
Stylized
Simplified and represented as a series of conventions (like the universal symbols on restroom doors)
Mural
A wall painting
Fresco secco
Painting on dry lime plasture
Naturalism/naturalistic
The style of sculpture or painting based on close observation of the natural world that was at the core of the classical tradition.
Hieroglyphic
A symbol or picture meant to convey meaning
Rosetta Stone
The decree of Ptolemy V written in Greek, Demotic, and formal Hieroglyphs. Translated by jean Francois Champollion
Pharaoh
Hereditary, divine ruler of Egypt
Ka
An immortal human life force (spirit)
Anubis
God of the dead and mummification
Osiris
God of the dead, king of the underworld, giver of eternal life, also god of earth and vegetation associated with agriculture and with the Nile river
Isis
Sister of Osiris and also his wife, together with Osiris responsible for much of creation, goddess of fertility, associated with the fertile plains along the river Nile
Horus
Son of isis and Osiris, sky god, represented as a hawk, or falcon-headed; protector of the Pharaohs
Set
Brother of Osiris and Isis, killed Osiris [who was later brought back to life; associated with the arid desert
Ra
One of the Egyptian sun gods, prominent in old Kingdom; frequently changed based on political opinion
Amen
An Egyptian Creator god who becomes one who becomes one of the sun gods in middle and new kingdom
Hieratic or hierarchical scale
Use of scale to indicate relative status and importance of a figure in art
Conventionalization
A way of representing forms according to a standard system I.E. bathroom signs Male/Female
Register
One series of super imposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative or particular levels on which motifs are placed
Relief
Figures projecting from a background of which they are apart of
Iconography
The study of symbols and signs in art
Mastaba
A tomb ancient Egyptian with sloping sides over a tomb chamber
Necropolis
City of dead, a grave yard
Serdab
A small concealed chamber in a masatba
