Cstu 101-Quiz 1-Chp 3 Study Guide Rated A+

Canon {Ans: ~A complex canon of rules governed every aspect of this style. (Egyptian art-human body) -the canon was immutable and unchanging —just the way the ancient Egyptians understood the cosmos to be.}SUM IT UP {Ans: this is what we do when we study a culture: -We look at all the information we have and then try to identify the underlying patterns, the systems of belief, the values, that make sense of it all.}Portrait of Hesire (2700 B.C) {Ans: -depicting the human body like the fish- as a composite of different elements imagined from their characteristic angles. -The body is fully represented with all its parts functioning, because this is how you wanted to go into the afterlife. **the portrait must be viewed as a symbolic image that preserves for the afterlife.}Narmer Palette {Ans: Narmer= first Pharaoh of First Dynasty ~Narmer Palette is the earliest and most significant artifact found in unified Egyptian history (dates back from 3150 B.C) ~etched with images of conquest front and back}Perspective {Ans: simply means the angle from which you see something.}Frontality {Ans: This refers to the way the human body is given a frontal orientation—the way the shoulders