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Chapter 5 (ancient Greek and hellenistic)
BSU Art history 101 class
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/20/2013

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Term
Geometric Style
Definition
oldest Greek style, very geomentric
Term
amphora
Definition
ancient Greek storing jar
Term
Orientalizing Style
Definition
inspired by mesopotamians, largers registers, more details, flower like things fill in empty space
Term
Black figure style
Definition
detailed figures all in black
Term
Red figure style
Definition
same as black but colors reversed
Term
Kylix
Definition
shallow bowl with a foot, drinking cups
Term
centaur
Definition
half man/half horse composit beast, represents mans animalistic nature
Term
Kouros
Definition
young man, youth, young warrior
Term
Archaic Smile
Definition
greek sculptures which look like they are smiling to make them look more human (very stiff bodies)
Term
Kore
Definition
young lady
Term
Naos
Definition
core of a greek temple
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colonnade
Definition
row of columns
Term
peripteral
Definition
adj- all the way around
Term
entablature
Definition
everything above the columns
Term
Doric order
Definition
style of column used in inland greece, not very detailed
Term
Frieze
Definition
bands of ordamental in the entablature
Term
triglyphs
Definition
3-d grooves
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metope
Definition
3-d pictures between the triglyphs
Term
pediment
Definition
roof- triangle sculpted panel in the Gabel
Term
ionic order
Definition
columns used on the outskirts, thinner, had a base, prettier
Term
volutes
Definition
spiral shapes in ionic order columns
Term
refinement
Definition
column tappered at the top then much larger in the center, slightly smaller at the base
Term
entasis
Definition
horizontal lines that arent completely horizontal, dip and bulge according to weight
Term
Acropolis
Definition

acro- high/ polis- city

Built on higher land

Term
Phidias
Definition
person, responsible for overall sculpture
Term
Elgin Marbles
Definition
lord elgin broung the marble statues to england
Term
Caryatid
Definition
Female figures used as columns
Term
Contrapposto
Definition
sculpting style where weigh is on one leg, looks more natural, one foot planted on ground, other foot just toes on floor
Term
lost wax bronze casting
Definition
prosess where sculpture is first done in wax then encased, melted, and a thin sheet of bronze poured in
Term
Alexander the Great
Definition
Great war General
Term
[image]
Definition

Kritios Boy

Classical Greek

5th

Term
[image]
Definition

Riace Warrior

Classical greek

5th cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Zeus

Classical Greek

5th cent bce

Term
[image]
Definition

Spear Bearer

Polykleitos

Classical Greek

5th cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Parthenon

Iktinos & Kallikrates

Athens

Classical Greek

5th Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Three Goddesses, from the Parthenon

Classical Greek

5th cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Erechtheion

Athens

Classical Greek

5th Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Temple of Athena Nike

kallikrates

Athens

Classical Greek

5th Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Nike Adjusting her Sandal

Classical Greek

5th Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Aphrodite of Knidos

Praxiteles

Classical Greek

4th cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Hermes and Dyonisos

Praxiteles

Classical Greek

4th Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Dying Gaul

Hellenistic

3rd Cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic

2nd cent

Term
[image]
Definition

Laocoon and his sons

hellenistic

1st cent CE

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