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Egyptian Art. Day 3- Relief Sculpture. Vocabulary. Canon of Proportions : The rules or style of the proportions of the human body . The Canon of Proportions . Human Figure. Crowns of Ancient Egypt. Pictograph : a form of writing using pictures
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Egyptian Art Day 3- Relief Sculpture
Vocabulary • Canon of Proportions: The rules or style of the proportions of the human body
Pictograph: a form of writing using pictures Palette: common utensil for grinding eye makeup Hieratic scale: bigger is more important and divine Vocabulary
PAPYRUS- common plant at the Nile-used for paper REGISTER tool used for space definition GROUNDLINES demonstrates depth in the register Vocabulary
Vocabulary • Relief: Basically a 2-d image made 3-d; the flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth to set off the figure
Vocabulary • Sunken Relief: the outlines of the figures have been carved into the surface of the stone instead of being formed by cutting away the background
Vocabulary • Ankh: Egyptian key of life
Vocabulary • Book of the Dead:An Ancient Egyptian funerary text that would assist the dead in the afterlife • Included hymns, spells and instructions
Vocabulary • Canopic Jar: Used in the mummification and ritual processes. • Held the vital organs of the corpse