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| Greek for “large room”; principally to denote a rectangular hall, usually supported by columns and preceded by a porch, traditionally in ancient Greek and Mycenean times |
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| earthenware or pottery decorated with brightly colored glazes |
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| brick or masonry courses (horizontal layers), each projecting beyond, and supported by, the one below it. Two corbels meet to form an arch or vault. |
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| stone construction using large, irregular blocks without mortar |
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| in metalwork, decorated with patterns in relief made by hammering on the reverse side |
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| the use of perspective to represent a single object extending back in space at an angle to the picture plane |
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| a stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed and bent, creating asymmetry in the hip-shoulder axis, which suggests the potential for movement in the figure. |
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| Greek word for maiden; an Archaic Greek statue of a standing female, usually clothed |
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| Greek word for young man; an Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male youth |
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