Ch.2 Vocab

Question	Answer
pictograph	a pic that represents an idea
lamassu	Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull
iwan	an Islamic vaulted rectangular recess opening into a courtyard
hierarchy of scale	greater size means greater importance
cylinder seal	A cylindrical piece of stone w/ an incised design (what makes the design in a wax seal)
ziggurat	a Mesopotamian monumental platform for a temple
Votive offering	a gift of gratitude to a deity
stylus	a needle like tool used in engraving and writing
stele	a carved stone slab used to mark graves or commemorate historical events
city-state	an independent self-governing city
blind arcade	an arcade having no actual openings, applied as decoration to a wall surface
frieze	any sculptured or painted band in a building
ground line	a painted or carved baseline on which figures appear to stand
stamp seal	a cylindrical piece of stone w/ and incised design (what makes the design in a wax seal)
foreshortening	use of perspective to represent in art the apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in a building
cuneiform	a system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia (wedge shaped characters)
conceptual representation	the representation of the fundamental distinguishing properties of a person or object (not the way they appear at a specific moment)
arcuated	arch-shaped
cella	the chamber at the center of an ancient temple
heraldic compositon	composition that is symmetrical on either side of a central figure
apadana	the great audience hall in Persian palaces

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