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Chapter 3 - Ancient Egyptian Art

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the study of ancient Egypt and Egyptian antiquitie, as well as its geography
a mythological Egyptian beast with a lion body and a human head
a stone slab with a circular depression used for preparing makeup
"city of the dead"a large burial area or cemetary
vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross-section, and used principally on columns and pilasters
the linen headdress worn by the pharaoh
decorated, glazed earthenware
the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
a system of writing using symbols or pictures
an ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft, an egaged column is a half column attached to a wall
a verticle, weight-carrying archtectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base, shaft, and capitals
the uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel
the royal cobra found on the nemes
a rule of proportions
a hall with roof supported by columns
gold beaten into an extremely thin sheet used for gilding
a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb
shows all important parts, represents what is know to be true of the subject
how something would actually stand in space, a random view of it

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