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AHI 121
Quiz 1
Question | Answer |
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Ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things. | |
An object deployed as a means of warding off evil. Often a figural image (Medusa’s head) or a composite image (Near Eastern lamassu), inserted into an architectural setting. | |
Carefully finished stone that is set in fine joints to create an even surface. | |
In ancient Egypt, the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten. | |
1) The principal enclosed room of a temple used to house an image, also called the naos. 2) The entire body of a temple as distinct from its external parts. | |
A sculpture in Classical Greece that it is made of gold and ivory. | |
A vault formed by progressively projecting courses of stone or brick, which eventually meet to form the highest point of the vault. |