Vocabulary
The material from which a given object is made. Substance on surface.
What is medium?
Cave stones named with NASA in mind
What are the Apollo 11 Stones?
Pieces range on a spectrum of form and ________.
What is function?
A bone in the shape of a canine
What is the camelid sacrum?
The sphinx is a creature with a _______'s body and a human head
What is lion?
The back story and culture of the artwork.
What is context?
It is not pronounced "kong"...
What is the jade cong?
A hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns.
What is a hypostyle hall?
An upright stone slab.
What is a stele?
The ownership history of an artwork.
What is providence?
The 11th piece of the Global Prehistory unit
What are the terra cotta fragments?
The Standard of Ur had this precious gem inlaid to the wood
What is lapis lazuli?
Nefertiti and her husband tried to shift worship to this deity
Who is Aten?
Size _________ helped to show the importance of kings, gods, and other sacred objects.
What is hierarchy?
An example of post and lintel construction using megaliths.
What is Stonehenge?
A low relief; it protrudes only slightly from the surface.
What is a bas relief?