When artists purposely create the appearance of a bluish gray haze over objects meant to be further away it is called:

An open space used by ancient Greeks for assemblies and markets is called a(n)

This refers to the time when art and religion changed most drastically in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Akhenaten:

The great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces is called a(n)

A complicated, intertwined, flowing design of stylized floral and geometric motifs, found in most Islamic art:

Which of the following means - described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes?

In architecture, a room, often colonnaded or having a skylight, and often at the entrance of a wealthy ancient Roman home:

In architecture, a type of public building erected in ancient Rome as a hall of justice and commerce. They had a rectangular plan. This plan was later adopted by the early Christian church builders. It incorporates a nave, aisles, and clerestory.

The semi-circular projection typically in a Christian church plan - located opposite the main entrance.

A people and former kingdom of western Africa. Artists from this culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries realized a high level of quality in their lost-wax casting of bronze sculpture ()which the British stole....)

The figure depicted here is known as

A system of mathematical ratios based on measurements of parts of the human body, designed to create ideal proportions for the human figure in art:

Underground tunnels in which the early Christians in Rome and other communities buried their dead. Some also contained chapels and meeting rooms. The painted decorations found in them are the earliest known forms of Christian art.

To walk around, done to gain spiritual merit at a stupa (for example):

Originally it was used when referring to the art of ancient Greece produced during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Later it included all works of art created from 600 BCE until the fall of Rome. Still later it was used to describe any art form thought to be inspired or influenced by ancient Greek or Roman examples.

In architecture, this term refers to a wall of a building which is raised above an adjoining room, and this section of wall has windows - as seen in Egyptian pylon temples and Christian churches.

Enamels fused inside a wire enclosure on a metal ground, forming chambers to receive glass or enamel pastes - as seen in the decoration of the Merovingian (Frankish) Looped Fibula.

A manuscript book, its text handwritten on a number of separate pages.

In architecture, sunken panels in a soffit, ceiling, vault, or dome; (for example: the Pantheon)

A row of columns supporting arches, a lintel, or an entablature, synonym = peristyle

The act of hiring someone to execute a certain work or set of works.

The varied circumstances in which a work of art is (or was) produced and interpreted.

In architecture, a "false arch" bridging a gap by means of overlapping blocks of masonry.

Cross-shaped

The wedge-shaped depressions made by the ancient Mesopotamians in clay in order to inscribe the characters of their written language.

Having bends, formed by serpentine lines

An igneous rock, extremely hard and usually black or dark gray in color, used by Egyptian pharaohs for their statues (ex):

The earliest of the orders of classical architecture - the order of the Parthenon (for example):

An almost imperceptible convex tapering (an apparent swelling) in the shaft of a column. Used in the Parthenon to make the columns appear straight.

In architecture, the upper section of a classical building. Resting on the columns, it consists first of the architrave and the frieze.

The front or face of a building

Of, relating to, or consisting of human or animal forms

In architecture, a technique for building walls where blocks are laid in horizontal layers. The stones usually have smooth, parallel faces, and they fit together tightly with very little or NO mortar, for example - walls in Cusco:

The study of a work of art with reference to its structure and visual appearance.

A central gathering place for the citizens of an ancient Roman city:

Material invented by the Romans to make up for the lack of good building materials in their region (as demonstrated by the Etruscans...)

A period of destruction of sacred religious images in the Byzantine Empire:

In Eastern Christian churches, a screen or partition, with doors and many tiers of religious images, that separates the sanctuary from the main body of the church. (started in Byzantine churches)

Opposite of realistic

A green stone commonly found in China and Central America. Used to make jewelry, tools and weapons.

A tube (long or short/squat) with a circular inner section and squarish outer section. The outer faces are sometimes decorated with mask-like faces. Often found in Prehistoric burials in regions of China.

In ancient Egypt, immortal human substance; the concept approximates the Western idea of the spirit or soul.

A type of depiction in art that illustrates multiple scenes of a story within a single frame. Multiple actions and scenes are portrayed in a single visual field without any dividers.

An Archaic Greek statue of a clothed maiden.

A painting technique using melted wax mixed with pigment - used on icons and Greek statues.

A mainly Japanese school of Buddhism that claims that enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition rather than through scriptures - it focuses on nature as well.

Made out of mudbricks in Sumer, this is a(n):

In the shape of or having the attributes of an animal

Fine parchment, originally calf-skin, used traditionally for manuscripts (ex: Lindisfarne Gospels, Golden Haggadah)

The wedge-shaped stones which form the curved portions of an arch (Romanesque portal like at St. Foy)

In Japanese art, genre painting and prints, especially those of the Edo period. (Ex: The Great Wave off Kanagawa)

Small pieces of glazed clay used in mosaics