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Art History Exam #2
TC3, Dryden, NY. Agean/Greek/Roman/Etruscan
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10/23/2009

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Term
Definition
Cycladic Figure
Term
Definition

Palace at Knossos

Minoan

Term
Definition

Lion Gate

Mycenaean

Term
Definition

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenaean

Term
Definition

Funerary Mask

Mycenaean

Term
Definition

Vaphio Cup

Mycenaean

Term
Fresco
Definition
Painting on wet plaster
Term
Definition
Corbel Vault
Term

Greek period?

Definition

Geometric

800-600 BCE

Term
Definition
Term
Koros
Definition
Greek male sculpture
Term
Kore
Definition
Greek female sculpture
Term
Definition
Typical greek temple
Term
Definition

Temple of Hera I

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Akropolis

Athens

Classical Greek

Term
Definition
Parthenon
Term
Definition

The Propylaea

(entryway to Akropolis)

 

Term
Definition
Temple of Athena Nike
Term
Definition
The Erectheion
Term
Definition

Doric Order

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Ionic Order

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Corinthian Order

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Kore (Maiden)

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Kouros (Youth)

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Kroisos

Archaic Greek

Term
Definition

Dying Warrior

Architectural Greek

Term
Definition

Kritios Boy

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Zeus

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Diskobolos

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Doryphoros

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Apoxyomenos

Classical Greek

Term
Definition

Dying Trumpeter

Hellenistic Greek

Term
Definition

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic Greek

Term
Definition

Apollo Belvedere

Hellenistic Greek

Term

  • Cella/Naos
  • Portico
  • Peristyle
Definition
Term

  • Metope
  • Doric
  • Ionic
  • Corinthian
  • entablature
  • frieze
  • triglyph
  • flute
Definition
Term
Definition
Term
Entasis?
Definition
Slight bulge/curvature of columns to create illusion of stong/straight line.
Term
Stoa?
Definition
Covered hallway/collonade
Term
Definition
Caryatid
Term
Necropolis
Definition
Land of the Dead, a cemetary
Term
Voussoirs
Definition
curved shaped stones forming an arch
Term
Pilaster
Definition
Column built partially into a wall.
Term
Pier
Definition
reinforcing structure that comes out of the wall.
Term
Nave
Definition
central part of a church
Term
clerestory
Definition
a high wall with a band of windows
Term
coffer
Definition
square cutouts in a concrete dome to make it lighter.
Term
barrel vault
Definition
a long row of arches, a tunnel.
Term
tumulus
Definition
tombs in the etruscan necropolis.
Term
Ampitheater
Definition
oval/round stadium with tiered seats
Term
composit order
Definition
a column mixing doric, ionic and corinthian orders.
Term
basilica
Definition
A public building of ancient Rome having a central nave with an apse at one or both ends and two side aisles formed by rows of columns, which was used as a courtroom or assembly hall.
Term
apse
Definition
rounded projection on a building
Term
oculus
Definition
hole in the center of a dome
Term
forum
Definition
public meeting building
Term
Definition
Tomb of hunting and fishing
Term
Definition

Tomb of the Reliefs

Etruscan

Term
Definition

Sarcophagus of Cerveteri

Etruscan

Term
Definition
Sarcophagus of Thanchvil Tarnai and Larth Tetnies
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Definition
Porta Marzia
Term
Definition
Apollo from Veii
Term
Definition
She-Wolf
Term
Definition
Temple of Portunus
Term
Definition
forum of trajan
Term
Definition
Pantheon
Term
Definition
Basilica of Maxentius/Constantine
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Definition
Brutus
Term
Definition
Pompey
Term
Definition
Augustus of Primaporta
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Definition
Ara Pacis Augustae
Term
Definition
Column of Trajan
Term
Definition
Head of Constantine