Art historians use the term idealized to describe things that are represented according to cultural or personal notions of perfection.

Engravings are produced by carving a plate with a burin, a metal tool with a sharp point.

Italian for "placed opposite," contrapposto is a way of representing the body in a fluid, more relaxed manner by balancing a standing figure around an invisible vertical axis. The person's weight is placed on one foot so the body naturally twists.

In ancient Greece, the himation was a cloak of varying sizes that was worn wrapped around one's body. 

Chiton is the name of an oblong garment or tunic that was usually made of wool or linen.

Black-figure vase painting is a method of decorating clay objects that was developed by the ceramic artisans of the ancient Greek city of Corinth.  The decoration appears in black and the background in red. The decoration is painted on and allowed to dry. All linear detail in the decoration is made by cutting through the black areas and allowing the red color of the clay to show through.

An attribute is a symbolic object that is used to identify a particular god or hero. 

The terms Mesoamerica and ancient American refer primarily to the ancient cultures that flourished in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans.