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Undergraduate 1
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Greek Art
Definition
Athletics, physical perfection, sculptures had balance and many different eras.
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Geometric Period
Definition
900-700 BCE. Geometric rectal linear forms in ceramics. Linear motifs, complex decoration, mythology.
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Orientalizing period
Definition
700-600 BCE. Egyptian influences on pottery. Open compositions, large motifs, real and imaginary animals and abstract plant forms.
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Archaic Period
Definition
600-480 BCE. Based on old fashioned forms contrasted by classical period. (Archaic smile)
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Classical Period
Definition
480 -323 BCE. Had Three parts: Early, High, and Late. The High was considered the Golden Age of Greek art.
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Hellenistic Period
Definition
323-30 BCE. Very Greek - like, turned away from the heroic to the every day. (From Gods to mortals) There was an appeal to the senses through lustrous surface treatments and to the emotions with dramatic subjects & poses.
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Krater
Definition
Funerary Vase
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Olpe
Definition
Pitcher with a wide mouth.
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Sanctuaries
Definition
Sacred areas temples or statues that were holy. Much different from Egyptian which focused on lining up temples.
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Delphi
Definition
Apollo's Temple, the site of the Pythian games.
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Stoa
Definition
Columned pavilion which is opened on three sides.
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Doric Order
Definition
Very plain geometric columns.
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Ionic Order
Definition
Animals and people included in architecture.
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Corinthian Order
Definition
Very detailed, elaborate design including floral patterns etc.
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Caryatids
Definition
Columns carved in the form of clothed women.
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Contrapposto
Definition
The cross balancing of supporting and free elements in a figure. Used one leg for support of statue.
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[image]
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Temple of the Olympian Zeus

520-510 BCE.

Greek Art

Archaic Period

 

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[image]
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Gallic Chieftain Killing His Wife and Himself

220 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Dying Gallic Trumpeter

220 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Reconstructed west Front of the Altar from Pergamon

175-150 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Athena Attacking the Giants

175-150 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Nike (Victory) of Samothrace

180 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Vieled and Masked Dancer

Late 3rd or 2nd Century BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

Aphrodite of Melos

150-100 BCE.

Greek Art

Hellenistic Period

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[image]
Definition

She-Wolf

450-430 BCE.

Etruscan Art

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[image]
Definition

Porta Augusta

3rd to 2nd Century BCE.

Etruscan Art

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[image]
Definition

Apollo

510-500 BCE.

Etruscan Art

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[image]
Definition

Burial Chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs

3rd Century BCE.

Etruscan Art

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[image]
Definition

Sarcophagus From Cerveteri

520 BCE.

Etruscan Art

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[image]
Definition

Head of a Man (Known as Brutus)

mid 3rd Century BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Aulus Metellus

80 BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Portrait of Pompey the Great

50 BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Pont Du Gard

Late 1st Century BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Augustus of Primaporta

20 BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Ara Pacis Augustae

13-9 BCE.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

The Arch of Titus

81 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Flavian Ampitheatre

70-80 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Column of Trajan

113-116 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Romans Crossing the Danube and Buliding a Fort

113-116 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

The Pantheon

118-128 AD

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Dome of the Pantheon

357 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

176 AD.

Roman Art

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[image]
Definition

Constantine the Great

325-326 AD

Roman Art

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Etruscan Architecture
Definition
City laid in a grid, separated into quarters by two major roads.
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Atrium
Definition
Central Courtyard in Etruscan Architecture.
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Composite Order
Definition
Used in Etruscan Architecture, Corinthian order with composite capitals.
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Tuscan order
Definition
used in Etuscan Architecture, Doric order with a base and an unfluted shaft.
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Etruscan Art
Definition
Greek dieties and heroes, temples were decorated with paintings and terra cotta sculptures.
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Roman Art
Definition
Heroic greek gods, archs, use of concrete, wall paintings, mosaics, urban gardens. WAR.
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Roundels
Definition
A row of circular panels
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Voussoirs
Definition
Wedge shaped stone blocks used for stone arches.
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Pilasters
Definition
Rectangular column like uprights.
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Keystone
Definition
Middle connecting stone of an archway.
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Buttress
Definition
Extra support for an archway
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Verism
Definition
Meticulous realism in roman sculpture.
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Arcades
Definition
A series of arches.
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Basilica
Definition
Large rectangular building with a rounded extension with a apse at each end.
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Coffers
Definition
Sunken indentations in a dome.
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Oculus
Definition
Central opening of the dome.
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