Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
ancient aegan
Greece
Other
100
an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet (5–6 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings.
What is mastabas
100
is a large hypostyle hall, the best known examples being the great audience hall and portico at Persepolis and the palace of Susa.
What is apadana
100
when people allow strangers into their home and trust that they won't try anything using the honor code.
What is xenia
100
A slender fluted column having an ornate bell shaped capital very decorative.
What is corinthian capital
100
Carved away from the base, but still attached to the original mass.
What is High Relief sculpture
200
a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city.
What is necropolis
200
adornment on utensils or works of art in the form of a frontal view of an animal head or bust of a human. often featured in ancient art
What is Protome
200
means symbolic, when artwork isn't clear about the image
What is scamatic
200
huge rocks that were piled to built a wall or hall way. They were used to built the first archer
What is cyclopean macary
200
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.
What is mosaic
300
temples constructed adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in the Ancient Egypt. The temples were designed to commemorate the reign of the pharaoh by whom they were built, as well as for use by the pharaoh's cult after death.
What is Mortuary temples
300
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
What is theocracy
300
painted on plastered walls with mineral paints, the was was rubble
What is fressco
300
A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.
What is ranking cornice
300
symbol for a word or phrase. were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.
What is a pictorial
400
is an ancient Egyptian tomb structure that served as a chamber for the Ka statue of a deceased individual.
What is serdab
400
the inner area of an ancient temple, especially one housing the hidden cult image in a Greek or Roman temple.
What is cella
400
a triangle built into an arch to support the weight.
What is relief triangle
400
Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece he ordered the construction of the Parthenon.
What is pericles
400
a sculpture, carving, or molding
What is in bas-relief.
500
the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building.
What is clerestory
500
A plan that incorporates two or more angular changes of direction, characteristic of Sumerian architecture.
What is bent-axis plan
500
Another word for Art of the ancient Aegen
What is proto Greek
500
A horizontal continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall comprising the architrave frieze and cornice.
What is entablature
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