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Vocab Exam 2
Greece - E. Roman Empire.
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/21/2009

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Term
Meander
Definition
Right Angle Designs
Term
Kouros / Kore
Definition

Kouros = Young Man

Kore = Young Women

Term
Encaustic
Definition
Wax + pigment
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Contropposto
Definition
Weight shifted to one side
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Entasis
Definition
Bulging of the shaft column
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Amphiprostyle
Definition
Surrounded by one row of columns
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In Antis
Definition
Between Ante
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Cella, Naos
Definition
Throne Room
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Pronaos
Definition
Entry to chamber to front of building
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Colonnade
Definition
Row of columns
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Stylobate

Stereobate

Definition

Stylobate = Lower steps (all steps except the top)

Stereobate =  top step, foundation

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Entablature

 Frieze

Architrave

Definition
[image]
Term

Triglyph is (A)

Metopeis is (B)

Definition
[image]
Term

Doric

Ionic

Corinthian

Definition
[image]
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Acroteria
Definition
Sculpture on the Room
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Mausoleum
Definition
Over sized Tomb
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Idealization
Definition
Made perfect
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Engaged column

Pilaster

Definition

Engaged Column = A half-column set into a wall or other flat surface.

 

 Pilaster= Projecting part of a square column which is attached to wall.

Term
Caryatid
Definition
Female Figures as columns
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
Light and dark (shadows) to create 3D image
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Tesserae
Definition
cubes of marble, moasic
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necropolis
Definition
city of the dead
Term
Tumulus
Definition
Mound of earth on tomb
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Tufa
Definition
Soft stone, high volcanic content
Term
cinerary
Definition
Contains ashes
Term

linear perspective

Aerial perspective

Definition

Linear = the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

 

Aerial = A cue for suggesting represented depth in the image by presenting objects in the distance less distinctly than those in the foreground

Term
Arcade
Definition
a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
Term
Thrust
Definition
Term
Spandrel
Definition
The triangular area between adjacent arches.
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Springing
Definition
The point where the end of an arch meets the abutment.
Term
Voussoir, Keystone
Definition
The wedge shaped stones forming an arch.
Term

Centering

Definition
the support for formwork for any slab, beam, or other horizontal concrete structure on which the arch ring is constructed. Centering is usually timber or metal framework, with its top portion shaped to conform with the arch intrados and covered with lagging or with bolsters spaced to permit treatment of the mortared joints of stone masonry
Term

Barrel vault

groin vault

annular vault

Definition

A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve

 

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Term
Roman Arch Order
Definition
Term
Triumphal Arch
Definition
a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
Term
Pediments
Definition

a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof

 

[image]

Term
Krator from Dipylon Cemetery
Definition
[image]
Term
Met Kouros
Definition
[image]
Term
Temple of Hera
Definition
[image]
Term
Templa of Aphaia
Definition
[image]
Term
Kritios Boy
Definition
[image]
Term
Charioteer of Delphi
Definition
[image]
Term

Doryphoros

Artist: PolyKleitos

Definition
[image]
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Parthenon

Artists: Iktinos and Kallikrates

Definition
[image]
Term
Panathenaic festival procession frieze
Definition
[image]
Term
Erechteion
Definition
[image]
Term

 Hermes and the Infant Dionysos

Artist: Praxiteles

Definition
[image]
Term

 Battle of Issus

Artist: Philoxenos

Definition
[image]
Term
Nike of Samothrace
Definition
[image]
Term
Dying Gaul
Definition
[image]
Term
Old Market Woman
Definition
[image]
Term
Anthanadoros
Definition
[image]
Term
Tomb of the Reliefs
Definition
[image]
Term
Sarcophagus from cerveteri
Definition
[image]
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Apollo from Veii
Definition
[image]
Term
Temple of Fortuna Virilis
Definition
[image]
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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
Definition
[image]
Term
Dionysiac Mystery Frieze
Definition
[image]
Term
Portrait of husband and wife
Definition
[image]
Term
Augusus of Primaporta
Definition
[image]
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Ara Pacis Augustae
Definition
[image]
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Procession of the Royal Family
Definition
[image]
Term
Arch of Titus
Definition
[image]
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Spoils of Jerusalem Arch of Titus Relief
Definition
[image]
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Pont Du Gard
Definition
[image]
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Colosseum
Definition
[image]
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