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Ancient Near East-Egyptian
Unit 1
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Art History
11th Grade
02/17/2011

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Term
[image]
Definition

White Temple and Ziggurat

(Celestial orientation)

(Sumerian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Standard of Ur

(Sumerian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Victory stele of Naram-Sin

(Akkadian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Stele with code of Hammurabi

(Babylonian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Lion gate

(Hittite)

Term
[image]
Definition

Lamassu

(Assyrian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Ishtar gate

(Neo-Babylonian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Palette of King Narmer

(Predynastic)

Term
[image]
Definition

Pyramid and mortuary Djoser

(Imhotep)

[Old Kingdom]

Term
[image]
Definition

Great Pyramids

[Old Kingdom]

 

Term
[image][image][image]
Definition

Temple of Ramses II

[New Kingdom]

Term
[image]
Definition

Hypostyle hall

(New Kingdom)

Term
[image]
Definition

Akhenaten

(New Kingdom)

Term
Formalism
Definition
Visible content of a work of art
Term
Cairn
Definition
Pile of stones
Term
Menhir
Definition
Megalithic stone(large, upright standing stone)
Term
Cromelech
Definition
circle of megaliths
Term
Vesica pisces
Definition

[image] intersection of two circles

so that the center of both touch the circumference

of the other circle

Term
Megalith
Definition
Large stone used to construct a structure or monument
Term
Twisted perspective
Definition

combination of both frontal and profile views at the same time

[image]

Term
Register
Definition
Horizontal band in a narrative
Term
Bas Relief
Definition
shallow carving
Term
Necropolis
Definition
City of the dead
Term
Facade(fah-sod)
Definition
the front
Term
[image]
Definition

Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan

(Neo-Sumerian)

Term
[image]
Definition

Ashurbanipal hunting lions

(Assyrian)

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Seated Scribe

(Old Kingdom)

Term
[image]
Definition

Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt

(New Kingdom)

Term
[image]
Definition

Great Stupa

(India 3rd cent. BCE)

Term
[image]
Definition
Seated Buddha preaching first sermon
(Sarnath, India)
Term
[image]
Definition

Army of the First Emperor of Qin 

(Qin Dynasty)

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