Anjali Padmanaban

Vocabulary #1 & 2:

 

Amarna Style: Ancient Egyptian Art Style characterized by a sense of movement and actitvity in images

 

Engaged Column: a column embedded into a wall, projecting from the wall.

 

Hierarchy of Scale:  manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize importance of a specific object.

 

Hieroglyphics: formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements.

 

Hypostyle: a building having a roof supported by several rows of pillars.

 

In situ: in its original place.

 

Ka: what ancient Egyptians believed was a part of the human soul that survived after death and could reside in statues.

 

 

Mastaba:  type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River) or stone. 

 

 

Necropolis: large ancient cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.

 

 

Papyrus: a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.

 

 

Pharaoh: a ruler in ancient Egypt.

 

 

Pylon: an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance.

 

 

Reserve Column: a column that is cut away from the rock but has no support function.

 

 

Sarcophagus: a stone coffin.