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HUM131.H81 CH2
Humanities
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/21/2017

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The Acropolis
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The Stoa of Attalus
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Figurine of a woman from the Cyclades
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Bull Leaping
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Snake Goddess
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Lion Gate
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The Temple of Hera I (background)
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Peplos Kore
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Theater of Epidaurus
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Acropolis
Definition
urban center surrounding a natural citadel
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Agora
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a large open space serving as a meeting place, marketplace, and civic center.

 

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Colonnades
Definition
rows of columns
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Capitals
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sculpted blocks that top columns
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Cyclopean Masonry
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Walls in Mycenae that Greeks believed were built by Cyclopses
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Pantheon
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representation of all gods
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Symposium
Definition
"coming together" of men to share food, wine, and poetry
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Entasis
Definition
Columns that swell one-third of the way up and contract at the top
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Demes
Definition
small local areas comparable to modern precincts
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Carytatids
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female figures that serve as columns
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Contrapposto
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("counterpoise") in which the figure twists around its axis with support resting on one leg
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Sophists
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"wise men," no longer asked "What do we know?" but "How do we know, and how can we trust what we think we know?"

 

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Dialectic Method
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process of inquiry characterized by question-and-answer dialogue used by Socrates.
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Protagonist
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is the leading character who is in conflict with the antagonist
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Proscenium
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elevated stage on which the actors performed and backdrops could be hung
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Catharsis
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cleansing, purification, or purgation of the soul.

 

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Syllogism
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two premises from which a conclusion can be drawn in the form of, "A is B; and A is C; therefore, B is also C."

 

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Golden Mean
Definition
middle ground between any two extremes of behavior
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Ionic Column
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Doric Column
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Corinthian Column
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