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Quiz 2 Terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2013

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Amarna
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a time of radical changes in artistic conventions, and odd stylizations and physical distortions
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Colonnades
Definition
rows of columns that support a lintel or series of arches
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Composite Pose
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each part of the body is shown from its most characteristic viewpoint. Heads in profile, eyes frontal, hips legs and feet in profile, and torso frontal
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Cyclopean
Definition
drywall masonry technique
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Fresco
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done on walls of rooms using both wet-plaster and dry plaster techniques
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Faience
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a colorfully glazed fine ceramic sculpture
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Mastaba
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a flat topped tomb structure
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Flying-Gallop pose
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an animal runs with its front and back legs fully extended
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Rhyton
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vessels used for pouring liquids during rituals
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Megaron
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contained a central hearth surrounded by four large columns that supported the ceiling
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Filigree
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a delicate decoration technique using fine wires
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Granulation
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miniature balls of precious metal fused to an underlying form
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