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Chpt 4+5 Key terms
gardners art through the ages
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/17/2011

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corbeled arch
Definition
An archlike structure in which the sides are formed by corbeling.
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Cyclopean masonry
Definition
A style where using massive stones of irregular shapes and sizes
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faience
Definition
glazed pottery
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dry fresco/fresco secco
Definition
painting in watercolors on dry plaster
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wet fresco/true fresco
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krater
Definition
a mixing bowl used to mix wine and water. It has two handels and a neck and mouth
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relieving triangle
Definition
triangle above a lintel
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abacus
Definition
a slab forming the top of the capital of a column.
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acropolis
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the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city.
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agora
Definition
center of city (market place)
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alabaster
Definition
a type of gypsum, white and smooth
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amphiprostyle
Definition
set of columns at each end but none along the sides
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amphora
Definition
a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body,
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andron
Definition
an apartment or clubhouse for men
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antae
Definition
slightly projecting column at the end of a wall, produced by either a thickening of the wall or attachment of a separate strip.
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architrave/epistyle
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the lowermost member of a classical entablature, resting originally upon columns.
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base
Definition
bottom support
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bilingual vases
Definition
A term that represents a type of style used on pottery vases in the greek times. Black figure paintings and red figure paintings
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red-figure technigue
Definition
greek vase paintings. Where the figures painted are red
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black figure painting
Definition
figures are black
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capital
Definition
uppermost member of a column
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caryatid
Definition
female figure that functions as a supporting column
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cavea
Definition
seating in theatres
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naos
Definition
temple (cella)
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centauromachy
Definition
a greek myth of a battle between the greeks and centaurs (a creature with top half human and bottom half horse)
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lost wax process/cire perdue
Definition
a bronze-casting method. Figure is molded in wax then covered with clay. Next, it is fired (melting the wax) and hardening the clay. Then it is a molded metal figure
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contrapposto
Definition
weight shift/ weight of body thrown on one foot (tension) and relaxed on the other side of the body
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Doric order
Definition
a system for articulating the three units of elevation of a classical building
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Ionic order
Definition
a type of elevation of a classical building
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corinthian order
Definition
more rich form than doric and ionic.
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cornice
Definition
crowning projection
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dipteral
Definition
double row of columns on all sides
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drum
Definition
cylindrical stones that form a shaft in the column/ wall supporting a dome
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echinus
Definition

A convex molding just below the abacus of a Doric capital

 
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elevation
Definition
head on view
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emblema
Definition
central panel with figure representations
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encaustic
Definition
a painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to a surface while mixture is stil hot
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entablature
Definition
part of building between the columns and roof. (architrave, frieze, and pediment) made up of three parts
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entasis
Definition
shaft of column (swelling part)
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extrados
Definition
curve or surface of an arch
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fasciae
Definition

broad flat horizontal surface

 

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fillets
Definition

decorative line or narrow strip usually on a coloum

 

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fret or meander
Definition

interlocking geometric motifs. a pattern of lines joined together usually at right angles and covering broad surfaces

 

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frieze
Definition
the part between the entablature and architrave and cornice. Any sculpture or painting in a building
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gigantomachy
Definition
the battle between gods and giants
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glaze
Definition
a coating applied on pottery to seal and decorate the surface.
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hellenes
Definition
name given to ancient greeks "people of hellas"
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in situ
Definition
in position
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interaxial
Definition
distance between the lowest drum of a column and the center of the next
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kore
Definition
archaic statue of a young greek woman
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kouros
Definition
a sculpture represesnting a young man
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kylix
Definition
shallow ball with two horizontal handles used to drink from
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lekythos
Definition
a oil jar used to put ornaments. It has a narrow neck, flanged mouth and is long
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mausoleum
Definition
monumental tomb. the name comes from the tomb of Mausolos (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world)
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metope
Definition
any square spaces either plain or decorated in the doric frieze
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modeling
Definition
the shaping of three dimensional forms in a soft material such as clay.
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monolith
Definition
a stone column. (one piece) used in megalithic structure
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orchestra
Definition
greek dancing place. where the performance took place
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order
Definition
classical architecture. style represented by columns and entablature
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orthogonal
Definition
a strict grid plan where all streets meet at a right angle
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palestra
Definition
exercise area framed with collonades. an independent building also known as a bathing complex.
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palmette
Definition
a shape of spread leaves or ornimentation
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pebble mosaics
Definition
a mosaic made of irregular shaped stones of various colors
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pediment
Definition
the triangular roof
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peripteral colonnade
Definition
a single row of columns
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peristyle
Definition
a collannade all around the cella
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pinakotheke
Definition
greek picture gallery/ greek building to display paintings
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plan
Definition
horizontal arrangment or drawing showing the arrangement of a building or buildings and city and streets
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polis
Definition
independent city state in greece
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portico
Definition
roof collonnade/ entrance porch
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pronaos
Definition
the space or porch infront of a cella or temple
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prostyle
Definition
classical temple plan. columns only in the front of the cella
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raking cornice
Definition

the cornice on the sloping sides of the pendiment

 

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ridgepole
Definition
the beam running the length of a building
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satyr
Definition
a greek mythological. A mans upper body, goats hindquarters and horns, and a horses ears and tail
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shaft
Definition
a long pole forming the body of a column
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siren
Definition
greek myth. a creature half bird half woman
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stoa
Definition
open building with a roof supported by columns parallel to the back wall
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stylobate
Definition
uppermost course of a platform of a greek temple which supports the columns
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