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14945579399Value ContrastThe relationship between areas of dark and light0
14945582312Radial BalanceEverything radiates outward from a central point1
14945585206Organic ShapesShapes that are found in nature2
14945599319Composite pose (twisted perspective)Combining different viewpoints within a single representation3
14945608789Foreshorteninga visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receding in space4
14945632239musculatureThe system or arrangement of muscles on a body5
14946179732stylizedart that represents objects in an exaggerated way to emphasize certain aspects of the object6
14946208756pictographA picture or drawing representing words or ideas7
14946214303mortice and tenonA method of fastening one piece of wood to another. A mortice or square hole is cut into one piece of wood while a tenon or projection the same size as the hole is cut on the end of the other piece. The tenon is then tapped into the mortice, locking the two together without nails.8
14946227083monoliticmassive and rigidly uniform9
14946230721Trilithona pair of monoliths topped with a lintel10
14946233191megalithhuge stone11
14963097439BifurcatedDivided into two12

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