Architecture
a groove cut into stone or wood, called a mortise that is shaped to receive a tenon, or a projection of the same dimensions
Mortise and Tenon
An Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required of devout Muslims as oe of the five pillars of Islam
Hajj
A tall aquatic plant whose fiber is used a writing surface in ancient egypt
Papyrus
A system of representation that expresses a person’s importance by the size of his/her representation in a work of art
Hierarchy of Scale
Government-sponsored exhibition of artworks held in Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries
Salon
An audience hall in a Persian palace
Apadana
a religion in which good and evil are brought about by spirits which can be influenced by shamans, who have a access to these spirits
Shamanism
Dramatic darks and lights that contrast in a painting
Tenebrism
In the Pacific:A supernatural force believed to dwell in a person, or a sacred object
Mana
A stone arch and its pier that support the roof from a pillar outside the building> stabilize a building and protect it from wind shear
Flying Buttress
A monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple marked by two flat, sloping walls between which is a smaller entrance
Pylon
A large, traditional ceremony from Papua New Guinea, as well as the masks and costumes used in that ceremony
Malagan
The lost wax process of creating bronze cast in which a figure is modeled in clay, covered with wax and then recovered with clay. When fired in a kiln the wax melts away leaving a channel between two layers of clay which can be used as a mold for liquid metal
Cire Perdue
a schematic, non-realistic manner of representing the visible world and its contents abstracted from the way that they appear in nature
Stylized
An aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave where the clergy stood
Transept
The triangular top of a temple that contains sculpture
Pediment
The first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus
Gospels
A ceramic made from a very fine clay that when fired in a kiln that produces a hard white, brittle, translucent, and shiny ceramic
Porcelain
In christianity, the judgment before God at the end of the world
Last Judgment
A graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees
Contrapposto
A rectangular vaulted space in a Muslim building that is walled on three sides and oepen on the fourth
Iwan
A deity who refrains from entering nirvana to help others
Bodhisattva
A flowing, intricate and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs
Arabesque
An intellectual movement in the Renaissance that emphasized the secular alongside the religious> attracted to the achievements of the classical past (literature, history, philosophy, and art)
Humanism
Depth and recession in a painting or relief sculpture to achieve three-dimensionality in a two-dimensional picture plane
Perspective