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  • 03-17-2008 - 03-21-2008 -Spring Break (FREEDOM)
  • 03-21-2008 -Art History Outline and images
  • Still during spring break: Read Lord of the Flies for techniques/devices, 3 allusions due.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Art History -Chap 3 - Vocab.


PEOPLE

  • Tutankhamen: Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
  • Herodotus: Ancient Greek known as the father of history
  • Menes: King of upper and lower Egypt, united the two
  • Horus: God of the sky
  • Ra: Deity of the sun
  • Isis: Goddess of fertility
  • Osiris: God of the underworld and judge of the dead
  • Narmer: First Pharaoh of Old Kingdom
  • Hathor: Moon goddess
  • Djoser: Pharaoh of third dynasty, Imhotep designed his pyramid
  • Imhotep: Architect who designed first step pyramid
  • Khufu: One of the great pyramids belong to him, second pharaoh of 4th dynasty
  • Khafra: Pharaoh of 4th dynasty, capital at Memphis
  • Menkaura: Pharaoh of 4th dynasty, third and smallest great pyramid belonged to him
  • Pepy II: Pharaoh who began rule as a child
  • Queen Mery-anknes
  • Kai: Vizier, possibility that Seat Scribe is a portrait of him
  • Ti: Commoner who achieved power at court and amassed wealth
  • Auguste Mariette: French scholar, foremost Egyptologist of his time
  • Senusesret II: 11th dynasty, first ruler of middle kingdom
  • Ptolemey V: Five year old pharaoh
  • Jean-Francois Champollion: Translated Rosetta Stone
  • Thutmose III: 18th dynasty, middle kingdom
  • Rameses II: Pharaoh, ruled for 66 years
  • Hatshepsut: First queen to take the title of pharaoh, from new kingdom
  • Ankhenaten: Ruler of Egypt, transformed Egypt to monotheistic
  • Queen Tiy: Ankhenaten's mother
  • Nefertiti: Queen of Egypt, wife to Ankhematen
  • Anubis: Guides the dead to the after life
  • Thoth: God of knowledge and divine speech


VOCAB

  • Sed Festival: Showed royal regeneration, celebrate continued rule of pharaoh
  • Pictographs: Graphic symbol representing word or idea
  • Hieratic Scale: Size determines importance
  • Papyrus: Tall marsh plant; paper-like material, made from plant
  • Palette: Flat stone with a circular depression on one side, used for grinding eye paint
  • Canon of Proportions: Rules that the Egyptian writers used for writing and drawing
  • Old Kingdom: Marked by the usage of pyramids, from when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization complexity
  • Ka: Soul of ancient Egypt, resides in statue after death
  • Mastaba: Brick tomb built with flat base, sloping sides, and flat roof
  • Veneer: Superficial appearance to impress others, thin layer of a material bonded to the surface of inferior material
  • Serdab: Stone room in pyramid, contained painted statue of the dead
  • Sarcophagus: Ancient stone coffin
  • Necropolis: Large, elaborate, or ancient cemetery
  • Columns: Upright support, shaped like long cylinder
    • Base: Lowest or supporting layer
    • Shaft: Middle part
    • Fluting: Decoration with parallel groves
    • Capital: Upper part of pillar
    • Engaged: Built into or attached to wall
  • Colonnade: Row of supporting columns
  • Sphinx: Creature with lion's body and head of human
  • Portico: Covered walk-way leading to main entrance, consists of roof supported by pillars
  • Middle Kingdom: 11th-14th dynasty
  • Rock-Cut Tombs: Underground monument carved from solid rock -middle kingdom
  • Rosetta Stones: Stele discovered with three languages carved on it, led to translation of hieroglyphics
  • Hieroglyphics: Picture writing system
  • Faience: Pottery with colored glaze
  • Cartouche: Oval shape containing writing (King's name written here)
  • New Kingdom: 16th-11th century BC, 18th-20th dynasty
  • Hyskos: Group who overthrew 13th dynasty and ruled lower and middle Egypt for 100 years
  • Hypostyle Hall: Grand outermost hall, flat ceiling held up by columns
  • Pylons: Tall vertical structure on building, decorative gateway or monumental pillar
  • Clerestory: Upper part of wall, contains windows
  • Peristyle Court: Open courtyard ringed with columns and covered walkways
  • Obelisks: Pillar of stone, built as a monument, square base and tapered sides
  • Pyramidion: Capstone of pyramid or at top of obelisk
  • Sunken Relief: Outlined figures carved into stone
  • Book of the Dead: Name for Egyptian funerary texts
  • Classical: Reflects conventions of Greek and Romans
  • Encaustic: Pigments mixed with wax applied to a surface by heat. Fuses colors

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