AP Art History Quiz #2

Canon of Proportions

Fixed mathematical system for depicting the human body.

Composite View (Twisted Perspective)

Heads and legs in profile, torsos frontal.

Ka

The life force/spirit requiring preservation after death.

Ma’at

Order, balance, truth, justice — guiding principle of Egyptian society.

Necropolis

"City of the dead"; large burial grounds.

Register

Horizontal bands organizing narrative scenes.

Hieratic Scale

Size equals importance (pharaohs > servants).

Axial Plan

Straight-line, symmetrical temple layouts

Clerestory

Raised section of roof with windows for light in temples.

Hypostyle Hall

Large space with a forest of columns supporting roof.

Pylon Temple

Monumental gateways and processional architecture.

Papyrus & Lotus Imagery

Symbolic unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Pharaoh

Divine ruler, intermediary between gods and people.

Sarcophagus

Stone coffin

Cenotaph

Empty tomb or monument.

Sunken Relief

Figures carved below surface (common in Egyptian art).

Engaged Columns

Columns partly embedded in walls.

Obelisk

Tall, thin, four-sided monument ending in a pyramidion.

Mortuary Temple

Dedicated to a deceased ruler for rituals.

Funerary Object (Ka Statue, Canopic Jars, Ushabti)

Ensured safe passage to afterlife.

Hieroglyphs

System of writing with pictorial symbols.

Amarna Style

Akhenaten’s radical break — elongated forms, naturalism, focus on Aten.