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Flashcards by thatgirlwhostudies, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by thatgirlwhostudies
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| pictograph | a pic that represents an idea |
| lamassu | Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull |
| iwan | an Islamic vaulted rectangular recess opening into a courtyard |
| hierarchy of scale | greater size means greater importance |
| cylinder seal | A cylindrical piece of stone w/ an incised design (what makes the design in a wax seal) |
| ziggurat | a Mesopotamian monumental platform for a temple |
| Votive offering | a gift of gratitude to a deity |
| stylus | a needle like tool used in engraving and writing |
| stele | a carved stone slab used to mark graves or commemorate historical events |
| city-state | an independent self-governing city |
| blind arcade | an arcade having no actual openings, applied as decoration to a wall surface |
| frieze | any sculptured or painted band in a building |
| ground line | a painted or carved baseline on which figures appear to stand |
| stamp seal | a cylindrical piece of stone w/ and incised design (what makes the design in a wax seal) |
| foreshortening | use of perspective to represent in art the apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in a building |
| cuneiform | a system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia (wedge shaped characters) |
| conceptual representation | the representation of the fundamental distinguishing properties of a person or object (not the way they appear at a specific moment) |
| arcuated | arch-shaped |
| cella | the chamber at the center of an ancient temple |
| heraldic compositon | composition that is symmetrical on either side of a central figure |
| apadana | the great audience hall in Persian palaces |
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