Humanities I: Ch. 1-3
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- Cromlech
- A circle of stones characteristic of the Neolithic period in western Europe.
- Personify
- Embody as a person.
- Sistrum
- A type of rattle.
- Theocracy
- Rule by priests or other religions leaders.
- Trilithon
- A single post-and-lintel.
- Lapis Luzuli
- A semi-precious light blue stone.
- Curvilinear
- Having curved forms.
- Frontal
- Facing Front.
- Intaglio
- A process in which lines or images are incised in surface.
- Monotheism
- Belief in only one god.
- Relief
- A sculpture that is not completely carved away from its original material.
- Ceramics
- Pottery made by heating clay.
- Obelisk
- A tall, pointed, square pillar.
- Canopic Jars
- A container for organs removed during mummification.
- Convention
- An accepted practice.
- Maat
- The Egyptian concept of cosmic order, truth, and justice.
- Pharaoh
- A king of ancient Egypt.
- Plaque
- A small, decorative slab.
- Vignette
- A small section of decoration or a literary sketch.
- Natural Selection
- Darwin's Theory of "survival of the fittest."
- Stele
- A vertical stone marker or pillar.
- Cuneiform
- Form of writing used in Mesopotamia and consisting of wedge-shaped characters.
- Sphinx
- A human headed lion.
- Shaman
- A religious figure believed to have supernatural powers, including the ability of self-transformation from human to animal.
- Scribe
- In ancient Egypt, a professional record-keeper, usually a member of the court.
- Cartouche
- A rectangle with curved ends framing the name of a king.
- Post-and-Lintel
- An elevation system in which 2 upright posts support a horizontal lintel.
- Prehistory
- Period of history before the development of writing systems.
- Metaphor
- Comparison without using "like" or "as."
- Pictographic
- Based on pictures.
- Ziggurat
- In Mesopotamia, a monumental stepped building signifying a mountain.
- Pylon
- In ancient Egypt, a massive trapezoidal gateway.
- Narrative Sequence
- A story that follows chronologically.
- Hymn
- A song praising a God.
- Hieratic
- A cursive script derived from hieroglyphs.
- Megalithic
- A Neolithic structure made of large stones.
- Polytheism
- Belief in many gods.
- Ideogram
- A pictorial representation of an idea.
- Epithet
- An identifying adjective or phrase.
- Bipedal
- Able to walk upright on 2 feet.
- Bust
- A sculpture or picture showing a figure from the head to just below the shoulders.
- Anthropomorphic
- Human in form.
- Hypostle
- A hall with a roof supported by rows of columns.
- Dynasty
- A family of kings.
- Naturalistic
- Representing objects as they actually appear in nature.
- Pyramid
- An Egyptian tomb.
- Stylization
- A technique in art in which forms are rendered as surface patterns rather than naturalistically.
- Profile
- The side view of a figure or object.
- Hierarchical Proportion
- A convention in ancient art in which size is equated with status.
- Hieroglyphs
- A writing system using pictorial representations as characters.
- Mummification
- In ancient Egypt, a process taking 72 days in which bodies were embalmed and organs were removed.
- Finial
- A decorative feature at the top of an object or building.
- Phonogram
- An image denoting sounds.
- Menhir
- A single upright stone.