This type of perspective is used in art of the Near East and Egyptian art in order to show the figure clearly.
What is twisted perspective
100
In Egyptian art and Art of the Near East, rows of items/objects/people are depicted using what type of perspective?
What is vertical perspective
100
This is used to imprint a continuous pattern/image into wax or clay sealing documents, vessels, or rooms.
What is a cylinder seal
100
This method of image-making relies on carving the image into the wall/ stone, leaving the background in higher relief than the image. An example of this is /Akhenaten and his Family/.
What is sunken relief.
100
These people invented writing in _______.
Who are the Sumerians in 3100 BCE
200
This material is a mixture between tin and copper and is also known as a(n) _____________.
What is bronze and alloy.
200
This is a vertically-oriented stone carved with text or images, which can function as a form of propaganda or as a grave marker.
What is a stele
200
These figures found in the Near East are often inscribed with prayers and vary in size according to the price paid for the commission. They stand in place for a person in front of an altar.
What is a votive figure
200
This method of image-making relies on carving away the background from a highly-modeled figure or series of figures.
What is high relief
200
This object is entombed with the deceased and acts as a guide to the afterlife postmortem.
What is a Book of the Dead
300
This was the name of the first form of writing.
What is cuneiform script
300
This is used in Art of the Near East and Egyptian art to show the most important figure in the composition through scale.
What is hieratic scale/hieratic proportion
300
This time period is set apart from the rest of this culture's history due to a drastic shift in religion (to a monotheism) as well as a shift in artistic conventions and style.
What is the Amarna period.
300
This material varies in color depending on its mineral composition. It is not carved; rather, it is pressed into a mold, dried, and then fired.
What is faience
300
These vessels held the four organs the Egyptians believed to be important to bring with them in the afterlife.
Canopic Jars; liver, intestines, stomach, and lungs
400
In Egyptian culture this is the symbol of life.
What is the ankh
400
This type of arch and vaulting system relies on each successive course or row gradually stepping inward towards one another. These rows can be made of specifically cut stone and smooth inside or random stones placed roughly together.
What is corbelling (corbel arch/corbel vault)
400
This term describes images depicting aquatic life from Crete.
What is the Marine Style.
400
This strong dark stone was difficult to carve, particularly with rows of cuneiform script.
Diorite.
400
This person "discovered" the ruins on Crete and was responsible for extensive reconstruction of the site.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans.
500
In ancient civilizations these members of society were thought to have a special connection to spiritual realms. Through the use of toxins, chemicals, or fermented libations it was believed they could communicate on another level with animals or a spirit world, for example.
What is a shaman.
500
This is the registered weight shift in the body as a result of the figure being balanced in a more natural fashion, with one load-bearing leg and one leg at rest.
What is contrapposto.
500
This is the set of proportions or system of ratios to consistently create the ideal body in art. There are many examples of this that vary between cultures and across time according to changing ideals.
What is the canon of proportions
500
High-quality ceramics from Crete, which were in demand around the Mediterranean for their fine, thin walls, and uniquely organic forms and colors inspired by the sea and sea life.
What is kamares ware.
500
This person discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.