motive offering or a physical a prayer

profile and frontal views. composite pose

uses post and lintel

first historical record

life like. had glass eyes

hierarchy of scale, composite pose

the stars represent the the gods. icons

depicts the sun god conversing with Hammurabi

lions are a simbol of power

iconography: on one side he wears the crown of upper Egypt on the other lower Egypt, symbolizing his rule of both.

the bull is Narmer himself and shows his strength.

more of a grave marker

monumentality=large important structures

palm columns= curved tops, symbolized creation and death

engaged or semi columns =half in the wall

mortuary=where they would be mummified

ten is simbollic of perfection

had air shafts that point to constellations of the underwood. the ka=the soul or life essence, may have exited through it.

thick ankles is usually old kingdom

upper an lower Egypt symbolized on the sides

would have been a garden

hyposyle hall, is the kind of structure with all the pillars

fresco seco.=paint on dry paper

unclothed is a symbol of slavery

overlapping people and objets.

frontal faces

changes to a monotheistic belief system. the one god was worshipped in the form of a disc.

used as a reference pice

tapered collum represents the earth

fresco seco=dry

lighter values means the figure is a woman

curvilinear shape

post and lental

corbling

cyclopean macenry, the legend of the cyclops. large stones

post and lental

dress macenry= very fine

celts are the tall stones in the back

artists were Holly and so was the art they made

largest temple in the classical period.

8 pillars on the short side means its a octistile and a periceral. also adoric.

caryatid=female figure who acts as a column

asymmetrical.

bareal place of a roman genreal.

connected to the creation mith. posiden zuz and athna

women were shown at their best while when were showsn in the veristic style.

verism=true to life.

grand imposing, shows that God is on their side. depicts niki

they would have a parade through the arch

atich is the top part

spanderals are the curved parts of the arch

proportions are not naturalistic

changes in perspective for legibility .

continus narative = a story contiused through different carvings

first time we see an emperor wearing a beard. this symbolized his interest in phiolipshy

aslo amateur architect, has no symbols of war in any of his structures. wants peace not war.

used as a way to legitimize his raign.

depicts the sacrifice of Issac as well as other bible stories.