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Art History Exam #2
TC3, Dryden, NY. Agean/Greek/Roman/Etruscan
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/23/2009

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Term
[image]
Definition
Cycladic Figure
Term
[image]
Definition

Palace at Knossos

Minoan

Term
[image]
Definition

Lion Gate

Mycenaean

Term
[image]
Definition

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenaean

Term
[image]
Definition

Funerary Mask

Mycenaean

Term
[image]
Definition

Vaphio Cup

Mycenaean

Term
Fresco
Definition
Painting on wet plaster
Term
[image]
Definition
Corbel Vault
Term

[image]

Greek period?

Definition

Geometric

800-600 BCE

Term
Koros
Definition
Greek male sculpture
Term
Kore
Definition
Greek female sculpture
Term
[image]
Definition
Typical greek temple
Term
[image]
Definition

Temple of Hera I

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Akropolis

Athens

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition
Parthenon
Term
[image]
Definition

The Propylaea

(entryway to Akropolis)

 

Term
[image]
Definition
Temple of Athena Nike
Term
[image]
Definition
The Erectheion
Term
[image]
Definition

Doric Order

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Ionic Order

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Corinthian Order

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Kore (Maiden)

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Kouros (Youth)

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Kroisos

Archaic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Dying Warrior

Architectural Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Kritios Boy

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Zeus

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Diskobolos

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Doryphoros

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Apoxyomenos

Classical Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Dying Trumpeter

Hellenistic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic Greek

Term
[image]
Definition

Apollo Belvedere

Hellenistic Greek

Term

[image]

  • Cella/Naos
  • Portico
  • Peristyle
Definition
[image]
Term

[image]

  • Metope
  • Doric
  • Ionic
  • Corinthian
  • entablature
  • frieze
  • triglyph
  • flute
Definition
[image]
Term
Entasis?
Definition
Slight bulge/curvature of columns to create illusion of stong/straight line.
Term
Stoa?
Definition
Covered hallway/collonade
Term
[image]
Definition
Caryatid
Term
Necropolis
Definition
Land of the Dead, a cemetary
Term
Voussoirs
Definition
curved shaped stones forming an arch
Term
Pilaster
Definition
Column built partially into a wall.
Term
Pier
Definition
reinforcing structure that comes out of the wall.
Term
Nave
Definition
central part of a church
Term
clerestory
Definition
a high wall with a band of windows
Term
coffer
Definition
square cutouts in a concrete dome to make it lighter.
Term
barrel vault
Definition
a long row of arches, a tunnel.
Term
tumulus
Definition
tombs in the etruscan necropolis.
Term
Ampitheater
Definition
oval/round stadium with tiered seats
Term
composit order
Definition
a column mixing doric, ionic and corinthian orders.
Term
basilica
Definition
A public building of ancient Rome having a central nave with an apse at one or both ends and two side aisles formed by rows of columns, which was used as a courtroom or assembly hall.
Term
apse
Definition
rounded projection on a building
Term
oculus
Definition
hole in the center of a dome
Term
forum
Definition
public meeting building
Term
[image]
Definition
Tomb of hunting and fishing
Term
[image]
Definition

Tomb of the Reliefs

Etruscan

Term
[image]
Definition

Sarcophagus of Cerveteri

Etruscan

Term
[image]
Definition
Sarcophagus of Thanchvil Tarnai and Larth Tetnies
Term
[image]
Definition
Porta Marzia
Term
[image]
Definition
Apollo from Veii
Term
[image]
Definition
She-Wolf
Term
[image]
Definition
Temple of Portunus
Term
[image]
Definition
forum of trajan
Term
[image]
Definition
Pantheon
Term
[image]
Definition
Basilica of Maxentius/Constantine
Term
[image]
Definition
Brutus
Term
[image]
Definition
Pompey
Term
[image]
Definition
Augustus of Primaporta
Term
[image]
Definition
Ara Pacis Augustae
Term
[image]
Definition
Column of Trajan
Term
[image]
Definition
Head of Constantine
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