"M" Things
It is the process of embalming a body for preservation
What is mummification?
This naturally occurring compound is the former of cristallo glass
What is silica?
This painting is done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling
What is a fresco?
This Latin word for "eye" is used to describe the circular opening on top of domes
What is oculus?
This is the formula for the area of a circle
Πr2
The Jar with Dragon was produced for this Chinese court
What is the Ming court?
This revolution made possible the production of numerous new pigments
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This type of art includes woven and nonwoven materials
What is fiber art?
This Latin term for "dark chamber" describes an early optical tool
What is camera obscura?
This is the formula for the volume a pyramid or cone.
1/3 * b * h
This selected work is a television-based art piece
What is Magnet TV?
What is cochineal red lake?
This type of arch consists of an inclined bar, which supports the thrust of a roof or vault
What is a flying buttress?
This Latin term for "new light" was christened by Abbot Suger
What is lux nova?
This is the formula for finding the distance between any two points
d2 = (x2-x1)2 + (y2-y1)2
It's a carved slab of wood or metal used in printing
What is a matrix?
A silver plated copper sheet is first placed in this chemical during daguerreotype making
What is iodine?
This process fuses one layer of colored glass to another
What is flashing?
Latin was the international language during this time of civil strife
What is the medieval period?
This is the formula for combinations (in which order does not matter)
n! / (n-k)!k!
These brass bracelets were traded throughout Africa as a kind of currency
What are manillas?
What is iron ferrocyanide?
These painted portraits were made in encaustic on a wood panel
What are Fayum portraits?
The art term "relief" was derived from this Latin term meaning "to raise"
What is relevo?
This is the formula for the average rate of change for any function over a given interval [a,b]
f(b) - f(a) / b - a