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What is peristyle
a hallway accompanied by a row of columns
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What is Plaque of the Ergastines
high relief sculpture at top, low relief towards bottom. a frieze that depicts a ritualistic procession of civic humans.
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What is
Coordinates with its natural setting since it is build completely into a cliff side.
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What is Innermost coffin of King Tutankhamun
Series of "nesting dolls" made of gold and precious stones.
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What is the Romans
Group of people known for the development of one point perspective
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What is pediment
a triangular shaped space above a door or window and usually displays sculpture.
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What is Seated Scribe
purposely made to look slightly pudgy to symbolize important status and privilege. statue encompassed Ka and accompanied royalty in the after life.
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What is House of the Vettii
Incorporates atriums and peristyle gardens.
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What is Kouros figures
Used as a grave marker for young men.
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What is Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
Illustration that was commissioned to explain a person's map and navigation tool to the afterlife.
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What is horror vacui
extreme congestion within the composition allowing for no negative space.
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What is Stele of Hammurabi
stele that listed 300 laws.
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What is White Temple and its Ziggurat
Mud Brick architecture that had a gutter system incorporated on the sides of the walls to divert water.
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What is Niobides Krater
Placed on grave markers and would hole provisions that would pour onto the grave below.
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What is Egyptian and Etruscan
Two cultures that would depict gender with different skin tones.
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What is register
horizontal band that tells a narrative story
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What is Seated Boxer
Older man, past his prime, bearing a look of defeat. Full of human emotion and expression.
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What is the Parthenon
Structure that incorporates both Doric and Ionic columns.
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What is the Great Pyramids of Giza
Housed the tombs of Menkaura, Khafre, and Khufu
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What is Alexander Mosaic
Originally a Greek fresco painting but the Romans re-made it as a floor mosaic.
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What is isocephalism
when the heads of the figures land equal in height
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What is Apollo
influence by archaic Greeks, yet has a clear smile and placed on a temple roof.
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What is Audience Hall
This apadana was used to hold large gatherings of multiple cultures for spectacular occasions such as festivals and receptions
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What is Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Immensely large block of marble carved in horror vacui and held the ashes of the deceased.
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What is Pentheus Fresco
allegorical depiction of a god being torn apart to pieces by women of a cult, including his own mother.
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