Vocabulary Art History Crossword
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
 
 
Down: 1)  An image created as a devotional offering to a god or other destiny. 3) 19. Highly finished, precisely cut block of stone. When laid in even courses, ashlar masonry creates a uniform face with fine joints. Often used as a facing on the visible exterior of a building especially as a veneer for the facade. Also called dressed stone6) A large cementery o burial area; literally a city of the dead7) A flat – topped one - story structure with slanted walls over an ancient Egyptian underground tomb. 8) Highly finished, precisely cut block of stone. When laid in even courses, ashlar masonry creates a uniform face with fine joints. Often used as a facing on the visible exterior of a building especially as a veneer for the facade. Also called dressed stone9) Images formed by small colored stone or glass pieces (tesserae) affixed to a hard, stable surface.11) A style and technique of ancient Greek vase painting characterized by red clay – colored figures on a black background. (The figures are reserved against a painted ground and details are drawn not engraved as in black – figure style)13) An open space in a Greek town used as a central gathering place or market.16) A stone coffin. Often rectangular and decorated with relief sculpture. 18) Style in which artists concern themselves with describing the exterior likeness of an object or person, usually by rendering its visible details in a finely executed meticulous manner20) An early form of writing with wedge-shaped marks impressed into wet clay with a stylus primarily used by ancient Mesopotamians. Across: 2) An image that relies on the generic shapes and relationships that readily spring to mind at the mention of an object.4)  A general term covering all types of wares made from fired clay, including porcelain and terra cotta.5) A prehistoric tomb under a cairn reached by a long, narrow, slab-lined access passageway or passageways.10) A system of proportions in Classical architecture that includes every aspect of the buildings plan, elevation and decorative system, Composite a combination of Ionic and Corinthian Order.12) A sculpture of a draped female figure acting as a column supporting and entablature. 14) A technique of decoration in which metal granules, or tiny metal balls are fused onto a metal surface.15) A small cylindrical stone decorated with incised patterns. When rolled across soft clay or wax, the resulting raised pattern or design (relief) served in Mesopotamian and Indus Valley cultures as an identifying signature. 17)  A set of ideal mathematical ratios in art based on measurements, as in the proportional relationships among the basic elements of the human body. 19) A system for representing three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface.21) A longitudinal timber at the apex of a roof that supports the upper ends of the rafters. 22)  An architectural system of construction with two or more vertical elements (posts) supporting a horizontal element (lintel)23) The use of different sizes fro powerful or holy figures and for ordinary people to indicate relative importance. The larger the figure, the greater the importance. 24) Type of ceramic covered with colorful, opaque glazes that form a smooth, impermeable surface. First developed in ancient Egypt.25) A massive getaway formed bya pair of tapering walls of oblong shape. Erected by ancient Egyptians to mark the entrance to a temple complex.26) Supernatural guardian – protector of ancient Near Eastern palaces and throne rooms, often represented sculpturally as a combination of the bearded head of a man, powerful body of a lion or bull – wings of an eagle, and the horned headdress of a god usually possessing five legs. 27)  A vessel in the shape of a figure or an animal, used for drinking or pouring liquids on special occasions.
 

 

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