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1.1 Prehistoric Art
1.2 Mesopotamia
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what is very great/extreme
What is monumental
100
the great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces
What is apadana?
100
A spirit that inhabits the body during life and may leave it in death, but requires the continued existence of the body for its survival.
What is ka?
100
writing using simplified pictures for words
What is pictograph?
100
stalklike plant in egypt used as paper
What is papyrus?
200
Symbolic interpretation
What is schematic representation?
200
A plan that incorporates two or more angular changes of direction, characteristic of Sumerian architecture.
What is Bent-axis plan?
200
A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
What is causeways?
200
The chamber at the center of an ancient temple
What is Cella?
200
hard, typically green stone used for ornaments
What is jade?
300
a single or repeated design or color
What is motifs
300
frontal view of an animal head or bust of a human
What is protomes?
300
"correct" proportion, for the human figure and for buildings
What is cannon of porportion?
300
great in size
What is monumental?
300
a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
What is enigma?
400
An architectural system of construction with two or more vertical elements (posts) supporting a horizontal element (lintel)
What is post and lintel
400
Sculptural form in which figures are carved in a flat surface and project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely.
What is bas relief?
400
Having the same forms on either side of a central axis
What is bilateral symmetry?
400
tube with a circular inner section and squarish outer section.
What is cong?
400
circles of different sizes, but with same centers
What is concentric circles?
500
horse shoe shape
What is trilithon
500
system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
What is theocracy?
500
Egyptian architect and scholar who the designer of the step pyramids at Saqqara for king Djoser
What is Imhotep?
500
distinctive feature or dominant idea
What is motif?
500
a slate slab used for preparing make up
What is palette?