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Art 100 Exam 2
Greek, Roman, and Religious Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/09/2011

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Greek Art Style Periods
Definition
Geometric, Archaic, Classic, Hellenistic
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Architectural Orders
Definition
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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Idealism
Definition
"Golden Mean Ratio"; Canon established by Polykleitos
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Encaustic Paint
Definition
first exterior paint; bees wax and pigment combined
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Dale Chihuly
Definition
modern glass artist that connects to Roman glass works
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Pericles
Definition
Ruler during Greek "Golden Age"; Athens; Commissioner of artwork
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Polykleitos
Definition
established ideal human form/canon
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Phidias
Definition
designer of the Acropolis; developed "wet look"
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Praxiteles
Definition
changes canon to more slender form; s-curve
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Lysippos
Definition
brings movement to form; artist for Alexander the Great
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Temple of Athena Nike
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Only temple on the Acropolis that is totally ionic in style
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Geometric Period
Definition
900-700BCE
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Archaic Period
Definition
700-480BCE; "Smile"/"Mask"; rigid and static figures; stone used for sculpture
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Classic Period
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480-323BCE
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Hellenistic
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323BCE-30CE; human movement animated
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Roman Senate
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Patricians (aristocrats) and Plebians (commoners)
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Architectural Painting Style
Definition
"illusion" of nature indoors
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Basilica
Definition
public meeting hall
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Forum
Definition
public, urban meeting area for many people
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Iconoclastic events
Definition
destroy earlier works that represent a discontinued/old/thrown out idea
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Calligraphy
Definition
Art of beautiful writing
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Arabesque
Definition
descriptive swirls in calligraphy
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Atrium Houses
Definition
large houses with openings in the roof
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Islamic Art
Definition
using words in abstraction
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Late Roman Empire
Definition
Realism to abstraction
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