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Chapter 3 - ANCIENT EGYPT
Ankh→ ____ A hieroglyph used by ancient Egyptians to signify life
Attached column→ ____ Column which is not freestanding, but is instead attached to a background wall.  Also known as an engaged column
Axial→____ A plan or design based on symmetrical, linear arrangement of elements
Canon of Proportions→____ Set of ideal mathematical ratios used by ancient Egyptian sculptors, measuring the various parts of the human body in relation to each other
Cartouche→ ____ Frame for a hieroglyphic inscription formed by a rope design surrounding an oval space
Clerestory→____ Top-most zone of a wall, with windows providing light into the central interior space
Colonnade→____ A sequence or row of columns, supporting a portico (porch), or a series of arches (an arcade)
Column→ ____ architectural element used for support and/or decoration. Consists of a shaft and a capital.
Demotic writing→____ Informal script in ancient Greece, used exclusively for nonsacred texts
Engaged column→ ____ (see "attached column")
Faience→____ Glazing technique for ceramic vessels, with lustrous shine
Hieratic→ ____ A formalized, grand style for representing rulers or sacred and priestly figures.  The larger the figure, the greater the importance
Hieroglyphic→____ Picture writing signs rendered in the form of pictorial symbols
Hypostyle hall→____ Marked by numerous rows of tall, closely spaced columns.  In ancient Egypt, a large, interior room of a temple complex preceding the sanctuary
Ka→____ The name given by ancient Egyptians to the human life force, or spirit
Mastaba→____ Flat-topped, one-story building with slanted walls, invented by ancient Egyptians to mark an underground tomb
Necropolis→____ A large cemetery or burial area
Obelisk→____ Tall stone shaft of four-sided rectangular shape, hewn from a single block, tapering at the top.  Erected in ceremonial spaces in ancient Egypt
Papyrus→____ Native Egyptian river plant which produced an early form of paper.  A popular decorative element in Egyptian architecture
Peristyle→____ Surrounding colonnade in Greek architecture.  A peristyle building is surrounded on the exterior by a colonnade
Pillar→____ Any large, freestanding vertical element, usually functions as an important weight-bearing unit in buildings
Porch→____ Covered entrance on the exterior of a building
Portico→____ A porch which is supported by columns or a colonnade
Pylon→____ Massive gateway formed by a pair of tapering walls of oblong shape.  In ancient Egypt, used to mark the entrance to a temple complex
Pyramidion→____ A pyramid-shaped block set as the finishing element atop an obelisk
Rock-cut tomb→____ Ancient Egyptian multi-chambered burial site, hewn from solid rock and often hidden
Sarcophagus→ ____ Rectangular stone coffin, often decorated with relief sculpture
Serdab→____ In Egyptian tombs, the small room in which the ka statue was placed
Sunken Relief→ ____ Relief sculpture in which the image is molded below the original surface of the background, which is not cut away
Veneer→ ____ Exterior face of a building