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Exam #1
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
10/02/2012

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Term
Prehistoric 
Definition
  • paleolithic- old stone age
  • neolithic- new stone age
Term
Epyptian 
Definition
  • predynastic
  • old kingdom
  • middle kingdom
  • new kingdom + amarna sub period
Term
Greek
Definition
  • geometric
  • archaic
  • orientalizing
  • early classical
  • high classical
  • late classical
  • hellenistic
Term

Polykleitos

 

Definition

[image]

  • spear guy 
  • high classical
Term
[image]
Definition
  • parthenon
  • 440 BC
  • Phidias
Term
[image]
Definition
  • praxiteles
  • hermes with baby
Term
[image]
Definition
  • lysippos
  • scraper dirt off himself
Term
prehistoric
Definition
  • 30,000 bc- 2,000 bc
  • (nude woman carving)
  • cave paintings, lion-human, etc
  • CULTURE
Term
mesopitamian
Definition

3200 BC 

Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian

Term
Egyptian
Definition
  • pyramids 
  • seates scribe
  • temples
  • nefertiti
  • coffins
Term
Clycladic
Definition
  • figures of women and seated harp player
Term
Minoan
Definition
  • snake goddess 
  • marine style octopus
Term
Mycenean
Definition
  • warrior vase
  • lion gate
Term
Definition
Term
Greek
Definition
culture, non attached back
Term
Materials!!
Definition
  • Bronze
  • Marble- parthenon, greek statues, etc
  • diorite- egyptian stone; hard
  • Mudbrick- pyramids
  • gypsum- mesopataniam; soft
Term

Locations:

Parthenon?

Pyramids?

Stonehendge?

Sphynx?

Definition
  • Athens, Greece
  • Giza, Egypt
  • England
  • Egypt
Term
Stylobate
Definition
steps below the building
Term
peripteral temple
Definition
columns all around the temple
Term
entablature
Definition
moldings above capitals
Term
pediment
Definition
triangular structure on top of building
Term
Cella
Definition
inner chamber inside temple
Term
metopes
Definition
rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs
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