Terracotta Larnax (chest shaped coffin) Mid 13th century B.C. ... The structure with recessed panels on each side suggests wooden prototype and recent scholarships have identified Egyptian chests as the probable model. ... The same 4-sided structure with grooved indications of anatomical forms and large flat stylized features. ... The term used to classify this style is called contrapposto, which relates to the placement of the human figure so that the weight is more on one leg then the other and the shoulders and chest are turned in the opposite direction from the hips and legs. ...

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The function of the corsets was to accentuate a slim waist and bare breasts, and to hold the skirt flat around the hips. ... Some women bound their breasts or wore special corsets to flatten their chests because in this era a flat chest was something to be proud of. ...

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VOCABULARY Apadana: an audience hall in a Persian palace Capital: the top element of a column Cuneiform: a system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow-head shape Cylinder seal: a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image Facade: the front of a building Ground plan: the map of a floor of a building Hierarchy of scale: a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the size of his or her representation in a work of art Lamassu: a colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art Negative space: empty space around ...

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