Ancient Art Depictions
Who copy out documents of manuscripts?
Scribes
What object as text or ornamentation on the surface?
Stele
What are large, intricately designed structures used as places of worship and spiritual practices?
Temple Complexes
what did the ancient Egyptians use for the preservation of bodies?
mummification
What refers to the representation of creations as perfect or better than reality?
Idealism
What is a horizontal band that separate narrative and thematic elements?
Register
What do you call a thin board that artists used to mix colors for art?
A Palette
What is massive structure built in Mesopotamia?
A Ziggurat
What do you call the beliefs in more than one god and their worship?
Polytheism
What type of art is represented with an emphasis on a particular style?
Stylized
What is the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language?
Hieroglyphics
What are objects give to gods and goddesses at a sacred place, such as a temple called?
Votive Figures
What place is used for burials in an ancient city?
Necropolis
What do you call the belief and worship of only one god?
Monotheism
What method is used to show figures that are standing on a background of the same material?
What is the monument in Ancient Egypt located in Karnek named?
Hypostyle Hall
What is an Assyrian protective deity?
Lamassu
What is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure?
Mastaba
What refers to a family or group of people who maintain power for several generations?
Dynasties
What is a logo-syllabic system of writing called?
Cuneiform
What is a visual technique that is used to indicate the importance of figures with composition?
Hieratic/Hierarchical Scale
What are V-shaped vessels that are hollowed out in the middle and topped off with a stopper called?
Canopic Jars
What are triangular Egyptian structures called?
True Pyramids
Who are the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the first Dynasty to the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic?
Pharaohs
What type of art is accurate and represents subject matter truthfully?
Realism