Acu Art History 1 Final

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Acropolis

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-a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.

-Akro means “ high” and polis means “ city”

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Apse

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Rounded extensions at each end of the buiding

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Archaic Smile

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conventional closed lipped smile (used by Greeks in the Archaic Period)

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Barrel Vault

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-Constructed in the same manner as the round arch

-series of connected arches across a line

-requires buttressing

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Buon Fresco

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Mural painted on wet plaster

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Caryatid

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Columns carved as people

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Codex

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-Sheets of paper bound together like a modern book

-replaced the scroll in the early 1st century

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Contrapposto

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the convention of presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis

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Diptych/Triptych

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two/three carved panels hinged together

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Expressionism

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deliberate attempt to elicit a specific emotional response in the viewer

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Flying Buttress

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a gracefully arched, skeletal exterior support

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Fresco Secco

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Mural painted on dry plaster

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Groin Vault

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two barrel- vaulted spaces intersecting at the same level

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Iconoclasm

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-"image breaking"

-the prohibition and destruction of works of visual art (usually because they are considered inappropriate in religious contexts)

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Illuminated Manuscripts

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Manuscripts decorated with gold and colors

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Kouros/Kore

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-free- standing figures

-female statue of this type is called a kore, Greek for “ young woman,” and a male statue is called a kouros, Greek for “ young man”

-nearly always nude

-variously identified as gods, warriors, and victorious athletes

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Nave

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Large central area (of a church)

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Oculus

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a circular opening at the top of a dome

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Pointed Arch

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-introduced after the beginning of Islam

-2 or 4 center points generating different circles that overlap for a very slightly pointed arch

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Red Figure/Black Figure

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apply slip ( a mixture of clay and water) to the surface of a pot and carefully manipulate the firing process in a kiln to control the amount of oxygen reaching the ceramics.

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Technique

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a way of carrying out a particular task

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Reliquary

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a container for holy relics

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Ribbed Vault

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a form of groin vault, in which the diagonal ridges ( groins) rest on and are covered by curved moldings called ribs

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Stave Church

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named for the four huge timbers ( staves) that form their structural core

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Stele

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upright stone slab

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Tesserae

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small, regularly shaped pieces of colored stone and marble

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Transept

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a perpendicular hall crossing in front of the apse

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Basilica

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Large rectangular building with extensive interior space, adaptable for a variety of administrative governmental functions

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Cathedral

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A bishop’s church is a cathedral, a word derived from the Latin cathedra, which means “ chair” but took on the meaning of “ bishop’s throne.”

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Vellum

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thin sheets of cleaned, scraped, and trimmed sheepskin or calfskin

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What is the significance of Polykleitos' Spear Bearer?

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Polykleitos developed a set of rules for constructing what he considered the ideal human figure, which he set down in a treatise called “ The Canon." To illustrate his theory, he created Spear Bearer.

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Doric Column

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-shafts sit directly on the stylobate

-no base

-fluted

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Ionic Column

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-more elongated than Doric

-spiral scroll capitols

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Corinthian Column

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-elaborate capitols

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Geometric Period

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-900 and 700 BCE

-ceramic vessels with linear motifs, such as spirals, diamonds, and cross- hatching

-funerary vessels developed

-geometric shapes used to represent human figures/animals/plants

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Orientalizing Period

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-700-600 BCE

-more open compositions

-began in Corinth

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Archaic Period

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-600-480 BCE

-time of great new achievement

-elaborate temples

-kouros

-archaic smile

-black/red-figure

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Early Classical Period

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-480-450 BCE

-contrapposto

-bronze scuptures

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High Classical Period

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-450-400 BCE

-pinnacle of artistic refinement

-acropolis

-parthenon

-idealized proportions

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Late Classical Period

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-400-323 BCE

-relaxed convntions

-new canon

-first depictions of fully nude women

-goldsmithing & earrings

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Hellenistic Period

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-323-31/30 BCE

-Corinthian order on exteriors

-anti-classical style

-expressionism

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A

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Archivolt

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B

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Voussoirs

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C

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Door Jambs

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D

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Trumeau

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E

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Tympanum

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F

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Lintel

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A

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Cornice

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B

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Frieze

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C

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Architrave

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D

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Cella

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E

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Stylobate

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F

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Pediment

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G

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Entablature

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H

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Column