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| Island near the center of Cyclades archipelago. One of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece |
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| Prehistoric art of the Aegean Islands around Delos, excluding Crete (figurines) |
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| The prehistoric art of Crete, named after the legendary King Minos of Knossos. Place where the Minotaur is kept trapped |
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| Maze: The English word derives from the mazelike plan of the Minoan palace at Knossos |
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| The opening between two walls to make the building look bigger than usual |
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| Palace called Tiryns located in Greece, 1400-1200 BCE |
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| Type of art named after mythical one-eyed giants |
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| The large reception hall and throne room in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an oped, two-columned porch |
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| Encloses 6 deep shafts that served as tombs for the King and their families located in the Lion Gate and the Walls of Mycenae, 1600 BCE. |
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| A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward unitl the two walls meet in an arch |
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| In Mycenaean architecture, a beehive-shaped tomb with a circular plan |
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| Fashioned of gold and ivory |
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A script used in the island of Crete that was never really decifered
Did not make it to the Dark Ages |
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A script used in the mainland of Greece, that was decifered in Greece in 1950 BCE
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| An ancient Greek two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or water |
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| An ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water |
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| Experimental Greek vases produced for a short time in the late sixth century BCE; one side featured black-figure decoration, the other red-figure |
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A form of epigraph found on Attic Vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BCE. The word kalos means beautiful, and in the inscriptions it had an erotic connotation |
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| In early Greek pottery, the silhouetting of dark figures against a light background of natural, reddish clay, with linear details cut into the surface of silhouettes |
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| In later Greek pottery, the silhouetting of red figures against a black background, with painted linear details; the reverse of a black-figure painting |
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| An ancient Greek vase-painting technique in which the pot was first covered with a slip of very fine white clay, over which black glaze was used to outline figures, and diluted brown, purple, red, and white were used to color them |
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| The Greek Orientalizing sculptural style of the seventh century BCE named after the legendary artist Daedalus |
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| Greek, 'young man'. An Archaic Greek statue of a young man |
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| Greek 'young woman'. An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman |
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A simple, long belted garment of wool worn by women in ancient Greece
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A Greek tunic, the essential (and often only) garment of both men and women
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| In Ancient Greek mythology, the battle between Gods and Giants |
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| In Greek mythology, the battle between the Greeks and Amazons |
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| In Ancient Greet mythology, the battle between Greeks and centaurs |
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| The Early Classical style of Greek sculpture, ca. 480-450 BCE |
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| The rule of proportion used for buildings and human figures. Polykleitos (sculptor) wrote the Canon in the 15 Century BCE |
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| The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposite to another part, creating a counterpositioning of the body about its central axis |
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| "at it's root"; seeing the structure at its whole; optimum view point |
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| Pteron goes around the complete structure |
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| a table or flat-topped block used as the focus of a religious ritual |
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| A triple projecting, grooved member of a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes |
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| The square panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculpted in a relief |
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| A blank frieze, not interupted with sculptures or reliefs |
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| In Ancient Greece, a small building set up for the safe storage of votive offerings |
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| A female figure that functions as a supporting column |
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| A round temple with corinthian columns, usually where snakes are kept in the daytime |
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| The decoration on the capital of a column |
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| A plan that is strategic, with 90 degree angles to the streets and the buildings are built in squares |
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| In Ancient Greek architecture, an open building with a roof supported by a row of columns parallel to the back wall |
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| Tiny stones or pieces of glass cut to the desired shape and size for use in forming a mosaic |
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| A mosaic made of irregularity shaped stones of various colors |
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