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Art History Exam II
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11/04/2012

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[image]
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  • Anavysos Kouros
  • ca. 530 BCE
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[image]
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  • "Peplos" Kore
  • ca. 530 BCE
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[image]
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  • Riace Warrior
  • c. 460-450 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Parthenon
  • By Kallicrates and Ictinos
  • Acropolis, Athens
  • 447-432 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Marshals and Young Women
  • By Phidian
  • Parthenon frieze
  • ca. 447-432 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Woman from Willendorf
  • Austria
  • ca. 24,000 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Lascaux Caves (Hall of Bulls, Chinese Horse, Bird-Headed Man with Bison)
  • France
  • c. 15,000 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Stonehenge
  • Salisbury Plain
  • Wiltshire, England
  • ca. 3000-1500 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Palette of Narmer
  • ca. 2950-2775 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Great Pyramids (Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu)
  • Giza
  • ca. 2575-2450 BCE
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[image]
Definition
  • Statue of Khafre
  • ca. 2520-2494
Term
Italian term (AND CORRECT SPELLING) for counterpose; one foot in front of the other with a natural shifting of weight
Definition
Contrapposto
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Marshalls and Young Women
Definition
447-432 BCE
Term
Lascaux Caves
Definition
15,000 BCE
Term
Parthenon
Definition
447-432 BCE
Term
Riace Warrior
Definition
460-450 BCE
Term
"Peplos" Kore
Definition
530 BCE
Term
Woman from Willendorf
Definition
24,000 BCE
Term
Palette of Narmer
Definition
2950-2775 BCE
Term
Stonehenge
Definition
3000-1500 BCE
Term
Anavysos Kouros
Definition
530 BCE
Term
Great Pyramids
Definition
2575-2450 BCE
Term
Statue of Khafre
Definition
2520-2494 BCE
Term
Corinthian Order
Definition
Slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls; unbroken entablature on frieze.
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Doric Order
Definition
Thick, muscular fluted columns and undecorated capitals; alternating triglyphs and metopes on entablature.
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Ionic Order
Definition
Slender fluted columns and capitals with volutes (scrolls) on capitals; unbroken entablature on frieze.
Term
Fluted
Definition
Vertical grooves/stripes on column
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Colonnade
Definition
Unbroken row of columns
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Pediment
Definition
Triangular upper part of a building in classical stylr
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Triglyph
Definition
Three vertical grooves
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Metopes
Definition
A square space between glyphs in a doric frieze that usually features low-relief carvings.
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