AP Art History Unit 1 & 2 Vocab

This is an example of a stele

Negative space is the insignificant space around a sculpture or statue

A henge is a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and making astronomical event

Having characteristics of the human form, although the form itself is not human

Technique used by artists using unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures

The image shows an example of what kind of organization

Cuneiform is writing used in ancient Mesopotamia

A megalith is a small stone that marks a grave site.

Large uncut stone erected as a monument - a standing stone

This is an example of what?

When art does not look natural/realistic it's abstract, but it can also be described as...

A religion which good and evil are brought about by spirits which can be influenced by a practitioner

Circular inner section and squarish outer section

A base line upon which figures stand