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Art History Chap 1: iconography - The content, or subject, of an artwork and the study of content in art. Also the study of symbolic, often religious, meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art. twisted perspective - Or composite view. A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally. ziggurat - In ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a monumental platform for a temple. protome - The head, forelegs, and part of the body of an animal. mastaba - Arabic, "bench." An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft. hypostyle hall - A hall with a roof supported by columns. megaron - A large reception hall and throne room in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch. relieving triangle - In Mycenaean architecture, the triangular opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself. Paleolithic - The "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings. composite view - A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally. apadana - The great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces.

cuneiform - Latin, "wedge-shaped." A system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia, in which wedge-shaped characters were produced by pressing a stylus into a soft clay tablet, which was then baked or otherwise allowed to harden. ka -

In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.

freize - Any sculptured or painted band in a building. corbelled vault - A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch. beehive tomb - A burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones. Mesolithic - The "middle" Stone Age. Between Paleolithic and Neolithic. narrative - Art that tells a story, either as a moment in an ongoing story or as a sequence of events unfolding over time. relief -

stele -

In sculptures, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relef is designated high, or low (bas), or sunken.

A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.

hieroglyph - A system of writing using symbols or pictures. pylon - The wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple, characterized by its sloping walls. labyrinth - Maze. The English word derives from the maze-like plan of the Minoan palace at Knossos. Carved on all sides

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Sculpture in the round

A person believed to possess a special ability to communicate with the spirit world Acts on behalf of group - Shaman / Shamanism The way something is usually done - The standard Often a stylized way that a culture deals with a specific image - Artistic conventions A picture that recounts an event drawn from a story, either factual (e.g. biographical) or fictional. In a continuous narrative multiple scenes from the same story appear within a single compositional frame - Narrative art Abstraction: Style of art in which appearances are reduced to basic yet recognizable forms that are not intended to be exact replications of nature Naturalism: Style of art that attempts to depict things as they appear in nature The two are deliberate decisions - Naturalism / abstraction A system for representing a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface Technique to show the relation of objects to the naked eye - Perspective Painting: The process of creating the illusion of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface by use of light and shade. Sculpture: The process of molding a three-dimensional form out of a malleable substance. - Modeling A replication of the original Lascaux Caves in France that people can tour Created since tourism was destroying the delicate microbalance (more people/increase in temperature, composition of air humidity) - was affecting the growth of fungus - Lascaux II Combining different viewpoints within a single representation - Composite profile (twisted perspective)...