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Greek Art & Architecture: terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
10/14/2009

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Entasis
Definition
the vertical, convex curve of a column. (biers)
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Peripteral
Definition
having columns on all sides
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Solon
Definition
Athenian statesman
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Milesian Philosophers
Definition
"discovering a primary substance from which, by and orderly process of derivation, all other phenomena could be explained." (Politt, 5)
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Pythagoras
Definition
philosopher finding order in experience via mathematics
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Lyric poetry
Definition
anxious spontaneous expression
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Korai (plural) / Kore (singular)
Definition
draped female standing marble statues appearing as dedications in sanctuaries and as funeral monuments
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Kouroi (plural) / korous (singular)
Definition
nude male figures
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Caryatids
Definition
supporting column sculpted in the shape of a person
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Obverse
Definition
side with depiction (black figure vases)
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Reverse
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side without image (black figure vases)
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Pliny the Elder
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praises the representation of emotion in characters
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Pausanius
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Observer- left commentary on art, particularly about emotions, from second century (c. 150)
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Cycladic period
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c. 2000
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Minoan period
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c. 1500
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Mycenean period
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c. 1300
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Dark Ages period
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c. 1000
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Geometric period
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c. 750
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Orientalizing period
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c. 650*
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Archaic period
Definition
c. 550
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