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"Old Stone"
Old Stone Age. |
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"presenting again"
Presenting in a different form something that one has observed. |
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Side view where the head, body, and all four legs are shown.
(mainly animals) |
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View from front of figure,
showing head with most of body concealed. |
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Neither front or side of figure fully shown,
both angles partially shown. |
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To scratch lines in material
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| The location where an artifact is first discovered. |
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| Pointed engraving tool made of stone. |
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Style in which the work represents the natural world seen by the artist
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| tool to cut into flat stone (or surface) to create an image that appears to rise from the flat surface. |
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| Horizontal base of the composition. Painted or carved baseline on which figures appear to be standing on |
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Twisted Perspective
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| The figure is shown as mostly profile view, but also partly frontal view (usually the face or head, eg. side view of animal body, but face & both horns or ears showing).(usually used for animals) |
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| When an artist views the subject from a fixed viewpoint.(note to self: insert clarification) |
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| The work is a description of what artist sees and not just merely a representation of what is seen. |
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| A natural setting portrayed as the subject matter in a work of art. |
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| Great Stones. Very tall and heavy. Massive stones. |
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| Tomb with long stone corridors. |
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| Vault formed by piling stone blocks until they form an arch. |
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| Two posts supporting the lintel. |
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| A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church. |
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Location of the Neolithic revolutions
"land between the rivers" |
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| Simple pictures that stand for words. |
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| Sharp tool used to scratch into soft clay to form pictographs. |
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wedge shaped signs made up of pictographs
(the beginning of writing) |
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| High platform that temples were built on to place them higher up to the gods. |
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| used in Sumerian temple.Stairway that changes direction 2 or 3 times toward the doorway. |
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| central hall in temple, alter |
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| "bands" on a vase or wall in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed. |
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| gift to deity made in fulfillment of a vow. |
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| Conceptual Representation |
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| not recorded as seen but as understood |
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| more important subject matters are show bigger or higher up in work |
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| carved stone slab to mark a historical event or grave |
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| symmetrical objects on both sides of a central figure |
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| small incised stone used to sign and seal documents |
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| use of perspective to represent a subject matter projecting back into the space. |
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| colossal limestone monsters used to guard the gates. Winged bulls with human heads. |
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| royal audience hall, huge hall in citadel.The great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces. |
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| processional frieze decorating the walls of an apadana to bring tribute to Persian kings. |
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| huge brick audience hall in palace |
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| For decoration purposes. Series of arches against walls, no openings. |
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| Plant in Egypt used to make paper, as well as paper with writing on it. |
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| A system of writing using symbols |
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| Flat board with thumb hole, used by artists to mix colors |
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| (Bird's eye view) perspective from above or aerial position from which wcene is shown |
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| an object worn to ward off evil, or to assist the wearer |
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| vertical weight bearing architectural member,circular in cross section and consisting of a base (sometimes omitted),a shaft, and a capital (top). |
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| Egyptian sculpture of a lion body and human head. |
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| flower, symbol of United Egypt |
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| Linen headdress worn by Pharaohs |
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| Corbra, symbol of pharaoh, the king |
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| same forms on either side of a central axis. |
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| an artistic work shown from the viewpoint of the artist, as they see it. |
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| a rule of proportions, standard of beauty. |
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| male figure that functions as a support column. |
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| female form that functions as a support column |
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| technique in sculpture, The main background has not been removed, only within the immediate vicinity of the sculpted form. |
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| wall painting on wet plaster |
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| style based on close observation of the natural world around the artist. |
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| Prehistoric Greek civilization of the Cyclades, islands in the Aegean sea. Early Bronze age. |
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| Prehistoric Greek civilization during the Bronze Age on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. |
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| Prehistoric Greek civilization on the Greek mainland, Greece (Hellas is the Greek name for Greece) |
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| painting on dry plastered walls |
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| pottery from the Minoan period of Crete. Characterized with red, blue, white on black background. |
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| use of many colors in creating art. |
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| Minoan pottery featuring creatures from the sea |
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| in sculpture: low fired opaque glass-like silicate |
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| use of gold and ivory in statuettes |
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| mask making technique, single sheet of hammered metal, features pushed out from behind. |
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| Greek wide mouth bowl used for mixing wine and water |
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| pattern around the rim of a krater (key) |
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| period of Greek art characterized by abstract geometric ornaments and schematic figures |
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| Prehistoric art of the late Helladic period of Greece. |
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| Greek. Early phase of Archaic art that heavily adopted forms from Egypt and the Near East. |
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| A two handled storage jar |
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| liquefied clay used to attach handles to the body of a vase. |
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| pigment applied to pottery |
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| mythical creature part bird, part woman |
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| technique in pottery where the pot is painted black, then sharp instruments are used to incise lines and designs into surface |
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| art that is not a reflection of the literal interpretation of the work |
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| technique where paint and hot wax are combined and applied to surface, while still hot, to adhere paint to surface |
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| Start of the new age for Greece. |
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| smile present on sculptures of figures during Archaic period. the smile is thought to indicate that the subject matter is portrayed as a living being. |
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| statue of a deity in Greek temples used as the grandest votive offering |
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| one of the styles of Greek architecture featuring alternating triglyphs and metopes |
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| style of Greek architecture characterized by the use of volutes |
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| triangular space at the end of a building |
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| square panel between triglyphs in a Doric frieze |
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| square panel between triglyphs in a Doric frieze |
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