Vocab Part 1

Question 1

Stratified

Answer 1

A social system of which people are not of equal status, and which is composed of social classes of unequal status.

Question 2

Centralized

Answer 2

A type of socio-political organization I which there is a central political and/or religious authority, typical of stratified societies

Question 3

Stylized

Answer 3

Simplified and represented as a series of conventions (like the universal symbols on restroom doors)

Question 4

Mural

Answer 4

A wall painting

Question 5

Fresco secco

Answer 5

Painting on dry lime plasture

Question 6

Naturalism/naturalistic

Answer 6

The style of sculpture or painting based on close observation of the natural world that was at the core of the classical tradition.

Question 7

Hieroglyphic

Answer 7

A symbol or picture meant to convey meaning

Question 8

Rosetta Stone

Answer 8

The decree of Ptolemy V written in Greek, Demotic, and formal Hieroglyphs. Translated by jean Francois Champollion

Question 9

Pharaoh

Answer 9

Hereditary, divine ruler of Egypt

Question 10

Ka

Answer 10

An immortal human life force (spirit)

Question 11

Anubis

Answer 11

God of the dead and mummification

Question 12

Osiris

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Isis

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Horus

Answer 14

Son of isis and Osiris, sky god, represented as a hawk, or falcon-headed; protector of the Pharaohs

Question 15

Set

Answer 15

Brother of Osiris and Isis, killed Osiris [who was later brought back to life; associated with the arid desert

Question 16

Ra

Answer 16

One of the Egyptian sun gods, prominent in old Kingdom; frequently changed based on political opinion

Question 17

Amen

Answer 17

An Egyptian Creator god who becomes one who becomes one of the sun gods in middle and new kingdom

Question 18

Hieratic or hierarchical scale

Answer 18

Use of scale to indicate relative status and importance of a figure in art

Question 19

Conventionalization

Answer 19

A way of representing forms according to a standard system I.E. bathroom signs Male/Female

Question 20

Register

Answer 20

One series of super imposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative or particular levels on which motifs are placed

Question 21

Relief

Answer 21

Figures projecting from a background of which they are apart of

Question 22

Iconography

Answer 22

The study of symbols and signs in art

Question 23

Mastaba

Answer 23

A tomb ancient Egyptian with sloping sides over a tomb chamber

Question 24

Necropolis

Answer 24

City of dead, a grave yard

Question 25

Serdab

Answer 25

A small concealed chamber in a masatba