vocab 1
Ma'at
ancient Egyptian concept and goddess of truth, balance, cosmic order, morality, and justice
Serdab
a sealed, hidden chamber in an ancient Egyptian tomb designed to house the ka (life force or soul) statue of a deceased individual
Colossal Statue
Portrait of Akhenaten, Temple of Aten, Karnak (Egypt), Sandstone, ca. 1353-1335
521-465 BC
The Apadana (Audience Hall), Royal Palace, Persepolis (Iran), ca.
Pier and Door
an ancient architectural system most famously used in Minoan palaces and buildings on Crete
White crown upper egypt and cone shaped
red crown is lower eygpt and bowl shaped
Henatheism
a brief period of near-monotheism centered on the sun-disk god Aten, introduced by Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC
1473-1458 BC
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri (Egypt)
Gudea of Lagash
holding an overflowing water jar, from the Temple of Geshtinana, Girsu (modern Telloh, Iraq), Calcite, ca. 2100 BC
Palace of Minos
Toreador (Bull-Leaping), Palace of Minos at Knossos (Crete), Fresco, ca. 1500 BC
columns
capital and base
Serekh
ancient Egyptian rectangular emblem that framed a pharaoh’s royal name
Horus Falcon Amulet
Egypt, Edgar Banks Collection, Rollins Museum of Art (1932.025), Faience, ca. 323-31 BC
Alabaster
Warka Vase, Presentation of Offerings to Inanna, from the Inanna Temple Complex, Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), Alabaster, National Museum of Iraq, ca. 3300BC
post and lintel
a simple building system where strong horizontal elements (lintels) are held up by vertical elements (posts) with spaces between them
registers / friezes
horizontal design elements used in art and architecture to organize space, tell stories, or display decorative patterns
Votive Statuette
small religious figures left in ancient sacred spaces as perpetual offerings or stand-ins to pray for the donor
Thebes (Egypt)
Judgment of Hunefer, from the Book of the Dead, from the Tomb of Hunefer, Thebes (Egypt), in The British Museum, London, Painted Papyrus Scroll, ca. 1290-1275 BC
• Tripartite Plan
an ancient architectural layout with a central room and side chambers
Light Well
an architectural feature that provides an unroofed or roofed external shaft inside a building to let natural light and air reach deep interior spaces.
Individualizing Physiognomy
Egyptian art is famous for its highly idealized, rigid canon of proportions, sculptors and painters frequently broke from absolute abstraction to inject highly specific, individualized facial features
Heb Sed
ancient Egyptian royal jubilee that celebrated the continued rule, vitality, and divine power of a pharaoh
Nemes
striped fabric headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt
Ziggurat
massive, stepped pyramid structure built in ancient Mesopotamia and western Iran as a sacred temple tower to honor the gods.
Faience
Faience refers to two distinct historic ceramic materials: fine tin-glazed earthenware originating in Europe and the Near East, or a non-clay siliceous ceramic invented in ancient Egypt