AP Art History Chapter 3 Vocab
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| an ancient Egyptian king | ||
| a native plant of egypt, used to make paper-like writing material. | ||
| a sequence of rulers who were considered members of the same family | ||
| Stone that contained carved messages in hieroglyphics, Greek and demotic. Led to deciphering of hieroglyphics. | ||
| the religious and political capital of upper egypt(3200-3100) and capital of lower egypt(3100-2686) | ||
| 5000-2950 BCE in Egypt | ||
| an object where artists mix colors or an object used for preparing makeup | ||
| the southern part of egypt | ||
| the northern part of egypt | ||
| 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. | ||
| embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it with cloth | ||
| an Egyptian concept referring to one's life force. | ||
| used during embalming to hold organs (liver, intestines, stomach, lungs but not the brain) | ||
| He was a brilliant scribe and architect who designed the first pyramid, Zoser's Step Pyramid. He was later worshipped as the god of wisdom. | ||
| Smaller mastabas stacked on larger ones. made in the predynastic period | ||
| pharaoh famous for step pyramid in the 3rd dynasty// Imhotep was the architect | ||
| a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure (includes capital, shaft and base) | ||
| the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | ||
| a tall cylindrical vertical upright in between the base and capital of a column | ||
| 2575-2150 BCE. 4-8th dynasties. began creating statues on a larger scale (ex: sphinx of giza) | ||
| city of the dead | ||
| a temple dedicated to a dead person and not to a god. Usually only pharaohs had these. Many started their construction during their lifetime. | ||
| A raised road built across water or low ground | ||
| one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man | ||
| A rock: igneous, has a moderate amount of dark silicates and has a coarse-grained texture. very black | ||
| a hat worn by a pharaoh to symbolize power | ||
| having three dimensions, blocky, | ||
| the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | ||
| an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (ex: book of the dead) | ||
| 2100-1650 BCE.11-14th dynasty. created blocky looking statues | ||
| shallow grooves running across a sculpture/art piece | ||
| 17th dynasty- Thebes. 1539-1075 bce. art became more realistic. the period of great kings | ||
| a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air) | ||
| a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns | ||
| beveled or flattened at the edges | ||
| first and only woman to serve as a pharoah, life peaceful at home (no wars) wore mens clothing and the false beard, improved trading, and built many temples & obelisks | ||
| the face or front of a building | ||
| a large statue or a large group of statues | ||
| A male figure that functions as a supporting column. See also caryatid. | ||
| a supporting column carved in the shape of a person (mostly women) | ||
| a plan in which the parts of a building are organized longtitudinally along a given line | ||
| the characteristic Egyptian New Kingdom type of temple where 2 giant blocks are at the entrance | ||
| a hall with a roof supported by columns | ||
| the fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts. | ||
| The artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself | ||
| - extremely popular during the new kingdom - the ka could find an eternal home in the cubic stone image of the deceased -new kingdom more radical simplification of shape than old kingdom | ||
| Painting technique in which pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime-plaster surface. The pigments dry to become part of the plaster wall or surface. | ||
| time period with akhenaton and nefertiti, (1353-1335 BC), weird realism art | ||
| single sun god worshiped by Akhenaton | ||
| an ancient marble or stone place of the dead, often decorated with artwork and inscriptions and put inside a coffin | ||
| box in which a corpse is buried, usually with intense gold on the outside | ||
| ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god | ||
| Egyptian falcon-headed sky god | ||
| jackal-headed Egyptian god of tombs and death | ||
| Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead | ||
| Egyptian goddess who appealed especially to women. She promised life after death to people who were faithful. also goddess of fertility | ||
| the Egyptian concept of truth, justice, and cosmic order, represented by a goddess, often portrayed with a feather upon her head | ||
| a continuous, narrow surface (projecting or recessed, plain or ornamented) designed to break up a surface, to accent or to decorate. |