Hierarchical proportion, the Glossary

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1. 51 relations: Abbas ibn Ali, Akkadian Empire, Ancient Egypt, Art movement, Autun Cathedral, Battle of Karbala, Body proportions, Cancuén, Creativity techniques, Early Dynastic Period (Egypt), Early Middle Ages, Flemish painting, Florence, France, Germany, Gislebertus, Gospels of Otto III, Hamzanama, Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, Hugo van der Goes, Husayn ibn Ali, India, Iran, Isfahan, Italy, Last Judgment, List of art media, List of art movements, List of art techniques, List of most expensive paintings, List of most expensive sculptures, List of sculptors, Maestà (Duccio), Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, Naram-Sin of Akkad, Narmer Palette, New Kingdom of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Obverse and reverse, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Painting, Papyrus of Ani, Portinari Altarpiece, Reichenau Island, Scale (ratio), Sculpture, Siena, Stele, Tajal Chan Ahk, ... Expand index (1 more) »

Abbas ibn Ali

Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (ٱلْعَبَّاس ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب, 15 May 647 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (lit), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam Shia Islam.

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Akkadian Empire

The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Art movement

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific art philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years.

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Autun Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Lazarus of Autun (Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), commonly known as Autun Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Autun and a national monument of France.

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Battle of Karbala

The Battle of Karbala (maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, Sawad (modern-day southern Iraq).

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Body proportions

Body proportions is the study of artistic anatomy, which attempts to explore the relation of the elements of the human body to each other and to the whole. Hierarchical proportion and body proportions are artistic techniques.

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Cancuén

Cancuén is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the Pasión subregion of the central Maya lowlands in the present-day Guatemalan Department of Petén.

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Creativity techniques

Creativity techniques are methods that encourage creative actions, whether in the arts or sciences. Hierarchical proportion and Creativity techniques are artistic techniques.

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Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)

The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period (from Thinis, the hometown of its rulers), is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in.

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

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Flemish painting

Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century, gradually becoming distinct from the painting of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gislebertus

''Last Judgment'' by Gislebertus in the west tympanum at the Autun Cathedral Gislebertus, Giselbertus or Ghiselbertus, sometimes "of Autun" (flourished in the 12th century), was a French Romanesque sculptor, whose decoration (about 1120–1135) of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare at Autun, France – consisting of numerous doorways, tympanums and capitals – represents some of the most original work of the period.

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Gospels of Otto III

The Gospels of Otto III (Munich, Bayer. Staatsbib., Clm. 4453) is considered a superb example of Ottonian art because of the scope, planning, and execution of the work.

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Hamzanama

The Hamzanama (Persian/Urdu: italic Hamzenâme) or Dastan-e-Amir Hamza (Persian/Urdu: italic, Dâstân-e Amir Hamze) narrates the legendary exploits of Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, an uncle of Muhammad.

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Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova

The Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (i.e. in Italian) is the oldest hospital still active in Florence, Italy.

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Hugo van der Goes

Hugo van der Goes (– 1482) was one of the most significant and original Flemish painters of the late 15th century.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Imam Husayn ibn Ali (translit; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Isfahan

Isfahan or Esfahan (اصفهان) is a major city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Last Judgment

The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (translit or label) is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism.

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Arts media are the materials and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material.

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List of art movements

This is a list of art movements in alphabetical order.

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List of art techniques

Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Hierarchical proportion and List of art techniques are artistic techniques.

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List of most expensive paintings

This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings.

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List of most expensive sculptures

This is a list of the highest known prices paid for sculptures.

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List of sculptors

This is a list of sculptors – notable people known for three-dimensional artistic creations, which may include those who use sound and light.

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Maestà (Duccio)

The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio, is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in Tuscany in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna and is his most famous work.

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Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Naram-Sin of Akkad

Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.

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Narmer Palette

The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archaeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, belonging, at least nominally, to the category of cosmetic palettes.

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New Kingdom of Egypt

The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, was the ancient Egyptian state between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC.

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Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt

The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC.

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Obverse and reverse

The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. Hierarchical proportion and obverse and reverse are artistic techniques.

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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002.

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Painting

Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support").

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Papyrus of Ani

The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript in the form of a scroll with cursive hieroglyphs and colour illustrations that was created c. 1250 BCE, during the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

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Portinari Altarpiece

The Portinari Altarpiece or Portinari Triptych (c. 1475) is an oil-on-wood triptych painting by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes, commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, representing the Adoration of the Shepherds.

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Reichenau Island

Reichenau Island is an island in Lake Constance in Southern Germany.

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Scale (ratio)

The scale ratio of a model represents the proportional ratio of a linear dimension of the model to the same feature of the original.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Siena

Siena (Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy.

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Stele

A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.

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Tajal Chan Ahk

Tajal Chan Ahk was an 8th-century ruler of the Maya city Cancuén, whose rule lasted from 757 to c. 799.

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Tympanum (architecture)

A tympanum (tympana; from Greek and Latin words meaning "drum") is the semi-circular or triangular decorative wall surface over an entrance, door or window, which is bounded by a lintel and an arch.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_proportion

Also known as Hierarchic proportion.

, Tympanum (architecture).