AH 111A - Exam 1

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Cuneiform

the world's first system of writing developed by the Sumerians.

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Ziggurat

A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. "Elevate the temple"

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cylinder seal

a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image

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Diorite

A stone that was expensive and needed to be imported

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Bent-axis plan

Indirect counter-clockwise path that you follow to approach the temple

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Hierarchy of scale

The largest person is the most important

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Stele

Upright stone slab with an inscription or relief

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Registers (Friezes)

Ways to organize a pictorial negative. Separation of the different parts of a visual story.

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Cella

Most sacred space inside a temple. Where the god lives.

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Lapis Lazuli

A blue stone. Very expensive and precious

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Orthostat

Stone/slab lining the walls of an Assyrian palace. Has relief sculptures on it

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Lamassu

Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull. Protector and guardian and placed in entryways in an assyrian palace.

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Apadana

Associated with persia. The audience hall in a persian palace.

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Hieroglyph ("Sacred Carving")

The egyptian writing system. Pictographic. The people themselves called it Medu Netcher.

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Medu Netcher ("The words of the gods")

The term the people used for their writing system

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Ben-ben stone

Shaped like a pyramid and it is associated with creation. The first land to emerge from the water.

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Palette

board on which a painter mixes paints. Used for eye makeup. Viewed as medicinal and protective. There were ceremonial palettes.

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Mummification

the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth.

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Old Kingdom

Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by the building of the Great Pyramids at Giza. Started in lower egypt.

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New Kingdom

the period from about 1550 to 1050 BC in Egyptian history when Egypt reached the height of its power and glory. Started in upper egypt.

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Armana Period

Occurs during the new kingdom however the style of art and religious beliefs were incredibly different from every other era.

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Amun-Ra

the head god- they were the most powerful god in the New Kingdom. Son god. Created Shu and Tefnut.

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Shu and Tefnut

Primary male and female who gave birth to earth and sky.

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Maat

the Egyptian concept of truth, justice, harmony and balance represented by a goddess, often portrayed with a feather upon her head

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Osiris

God of order who brought civilization to egypt. Oldest son of earth and sky. God of the underworld.

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Set/seth

God of chaos. Brother of Osiris.

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Nepthys

Seth's wife

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Isis

Wife/sister of Osiris, great healer. Mother of Horus.

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Horus

Son of Isis and Osiris

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Anubis

Jackal headed god. God of mummification

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Thoth

Ibis bird. God of writing. Married to Maat.

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Hathor

Women with cow horns. Goddess of fertility, love and joy.

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Ka

Your double self. The immortal human life force.

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Mastaba

Arabic for "bench," a low, flat-roofed Egyptian tomb with sides sloping down to the ground

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Serdab

A small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deceased.

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Necropolis

city of the dead

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Fresco secco

Painting on dry plaster

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Pylon

Massive gateway and marks the entrance to a temple complex

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Hypostyle

Large interior room characterized by many closely spaced columns

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Clerestory

A gap in the roof which allows natural light to come in

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Sunken relief

a carving in which the outlines of figures are deeply carved into a surface so that the figures seem to project forward

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Hathsepsut

The first female king in egypt. Lead a prosperous kingdom.

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Thutmose

First king to use the word Pharoah as a title.

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Pharoah

A ruler of ancient Egypt. Means "great house"

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Amenhotep IV

Later changed to Akhenaten. Changes everything and says that there is only one god named Aten. Moves capital of dynasty.

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Nefertiti

Wife of Akhenaten. One of their children was Tutankhamun (King tut).

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Tutankhamun

When he ruled egypt he changed everything back to normal. Very beloved.

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