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APAH Vocabulary Ch. 4
vocabulary for prehistoric Aegean
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/01/2011

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Acropolis
Definition
Greek, “high city.” In ancient Greece, usually the site of the city’s most important temple(s).
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arch
Definition
A curved structural member that spans an opening and is generally composed of wedge-shaped blocks (voussoirs) that transmit the downward pressure laterally.See also thrust.
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attic
Definition
The uppermost story of a building.
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attribution
Definition
Assignment of a work to a maker or makers.
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capital
Definition
The uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel. In classical architecture, the form of the capital varies with the order.
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corbel (corbel Arch)
Definition
A projecting wall member used as a support for some element in the superstructure. Also, courses of stone or brick in which each course projects beyond the one beneath it. Two such walls, meeting at the topmost course, create a corbeled arch or corbeled vault.
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corbeled vault
Definition
A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch.
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course
Definition
In masonry construction, a horizontal row of stone blocks.
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Cycladic Art
Definition
The pre-Greek art of the Cycladic Islands.
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Cyclopean masonry
Definition
A method of stone construction, named after the mythical one-eyed giant Cyclops, using massive, irregular blocks without mortar, characteristic of the Bronze Age fortifications of Tiryns and other Mycenaean sites.
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dome
Definition
A hemispheric vault; theoretically, an arch rotated on its vertical axis.
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dromos
Definition
The passage leading to a tholos tomb.
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fresco
Definition
Painting on lime plaster, either dry (dry fresco or fresco secco) or wet (true or buon fresco). In the latter method, the pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to the freshly laid lime plaster. Also, a painting executed in either method.
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Helladic Art
Definition
The pre-Greek art of the Greek mainland (Hellas).
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iconography
Definition
Greek, the “writing of images.” The term refers both to the content, or subject, of an artwork and to the study of content in art. It also includes the study of the symbolic, often religious, meaning of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art.
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krater
Definition
An ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water
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megaron
Definition
The large reception hall in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch.
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Minoan Art
Definition
The pre-Greek art of Crete, named after the legendary King Minos of Knossos.
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Mycenaean
Definition
The late phase of Helladic art, named after the site of Mycenae.
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portico
Definition
A roofed colonnade; also an entrance porch
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relieving triangle
Definition
In Mycenaean architecture, the triangular opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself.
Term
repousse
Definition
Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face. The metal is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver. See also relief.
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sculpture in the round
Definition
Freestanding figures, carved or modeled in three dimensions
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terracotta
Definition
Hard-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted.
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tholos (pl. tholoi)
Definition
A temple with a circular plan.
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tholos tomb
Definition
In Mycenean architecture, a beehive-shaped tomb with a circular plan.
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treasury
Definition
In ancient Greece, a small building set up for the safe storage of votive offerings.
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