Unit 2 Review Mia and Lucia

What is the baseline is which figures appear to stand?

• Bottom

• Baseline

• Groundline

• Line of Symmetry

Contains the organs that were removed from the body

• Mummification

• Canonic jars

• Stele

• Rock-cut tomb

decorative oval frame used to enclose names of the kings and queens

• Sunken relief

• Rock-cut tomb

• Cartouche

• Low relief

Which artistic technique is used to indicate the relative importance of figures within a composition by varying their size?

• Hierarchical Scale

• Social Scale

• Social Scale

• Stylized

True or false: A citadel is a fortified structure that is often located Within a city or town

• True

• False

_________ are characters used in pictorial writing, particularly the form used in Ancient Eqyptian monuments.

True or false: Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known

• True

• False

A hypostyle hall is...

• An exterior space with many abstract windows

• an interior space with a roof supported by pillars or columns

• A monument for royals

• A pyramid

is a type of ancient superstructure tomb with a rectangular shape flat roof and sloping sides

True or False: A palette is a somewhat flattish slate object of various shapes, carved with commemorative scenes or motifs, frequently used to mix minerals for cosmetics

• True

• False