ART H 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aerial Perspective, Vernation, Krater
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Findspot: the location in which an item was found. Twisted perspective: a convention or representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally. Hierarchy of scale: an artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance. Relief sculpture bas-relief/low relief vs. high relief. Registers: it is a vertical level in a work that consists of several levels, especially where the levels are clearly separated by lines. Schematic: it is a representation of the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. Naturalism: aims at accuracy and objectivity and cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of people and their environment. Apotropaic: to ward off away to turn supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck. Pyramid: is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top. Mortuary: of or relating to burial or tombs.
