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Chapter 3- Egyptian Art

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84765323Akhenatonthe pharaoh who established the practice of monotheism (belief in one god) in Egypt
84765324Amuletan object to ward off evil or to aid the wearer's luck
84765325Ashlar masonrycarefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone, fitted together without mortar
84765326Atlantida male statue column
84765327Bilateral symmetrythe same design on each side of a vertical axis
84765328Block statuescubic stone image of the deceased
84765329Canopic jarscontainers in the organs of the deceased persons were placed
84765330Capitalsthe cushions at the top of columns
84765331Causewaya raised pathway leading to a valley
84765332Clerestorythe part of a building with windows which rises above the roof of the rest of the building
84765333Colonnadea row of columns usually spanned by a lintel
84765334Egyptologythe study of that culture and religion
84765335Engagedcolumn attached to a wall
84765336Flutingthe vertical grooving on a column
84765337Frescopainting on plaster, either wet or dry
84765338Hatshepsutthe woman who proclaimed herself pharaoh
84765339HieroglyphicsEgyptian picture writing
84765340Hypostyle hallone with a roof supported by columns
84765341Imhotepthe first artist in recorded history. He was the architect of King Djoser's pyramid
84765342Kaan immortal life force, which would live on in the corpse when the body had died. The body must be preserved
84765343Mastabaan ancient Egyptian rectangular structure, with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected to the outside with a shaft
84765344Mortuary templea temple for the preparation of the body and the worship of the dead
84765345Mummificationthe process used by ancient Egyptians to preserve human bodies so they may serve as the eternal home of the immortal ka
84765346Necropolisa city of the dead
84765347New Kingdomthe time when Egypt was at its height
84765348Old Kingdomthe time in which the Egyptian sculptors, painters, and architects codified the modes of representation and the methods of construction which would be followed for two thousand years
84765349Palettea stone slab with a circular depression
84765350Papyrusa plant native to Egypt used to make a paper like writing
84765351Personificationan abstract idea represented in bodily form
84765352Pharaohthe ancient Egyptian god king
84765353Piera vertical free-standing masonry support
84765354Pilastera flat rectangular vertical member projecting from a wall of which it is a part
84765355Porticoa roofed colonnade, also an entrance porch
84765356Pylona massive gateway with sloping walls
84765357Rethe sun-god of Egypt
84765358Sarcophagicoffins
84765359Sphinxa mythical Egyptian beast with the body of a lion and the head of a human
84765360Sunken reliefincised in the into the surface of the stone

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