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| seeing things abstractly and symbolically |
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-how the ruler wants to be seen
-how images get a message across |
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upright slabs of stone that commemerate something
ex:tombstone |
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-extremley hard stone(this makes it possible to shine)
-imported from egypt to mesopotamia
-expensive |
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-brings you back to a spot(center)
-1 main line of movement |
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| where a piece of architecture is located at |
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-used on oldest Greek objects
-pattern of zig zags |
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-"young man"
-put outside temples
-tons of them
-purpose undecided
-some were memorials
-naked |
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women- white/yellow
men- red/brown
ex: jumping the bull |
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-greek vase shape
-stored things of high value |
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| flattened out greek wine vase |
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-oxidizing and reducing
-high intensity
-high contrast
-used by Exekias (the best painter) |
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| make negative cast-> pos cast-> waxmelts/bronze enters |
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| similar to the ouolo molding |
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| forms the crowning member of a column of a plaster |
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| the super structure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns resting on their capitals |
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| top step of the creptidoma |
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| stepped platform on which colonades of temple columns are paces (floor of the temple) |
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| classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the hrizontal structure(entrablate) typically supported by collumns |
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| application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes |
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| vertical channeling roughly semicirulcar in cross section and used on colums and pilasters |
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-windowed part of building that rises above roofs of other parts
-oldest known in egypt |
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-1 part of body in opposition to another
ex: hips vs. legs/ shoulders vs. chest |
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