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22 Cards in this Set
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Red Figure Style
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pottery with red figures against a black background
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Black Figure Style
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pottery with black figures against a red background
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Theatron
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The slope overlooking the orchestra--where the audience sat.
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Exedra
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recessed area, usually semicircular
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Contrapposto
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The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part, shifting the figure's weight.
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Corinthian capital
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The capital, or decorative top of the column, is the defining feature of the Corinthian order, and it's a more ornate capital than Doric or Ionic
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Fibula
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a decorative pin used to fasten garments
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Atrium
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the court of a Roman house that is partly open to the sky.
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Agora
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an open square of space used for public meetings in ancient Greece
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Orchestra
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the circular stage where the performance took place
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Cardo
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the north-south street in a Roman town
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Decumanus
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the east-west street in a Roman town
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Kourous
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a Greek statue of a young man
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Kore
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a Greek statue of a young woman
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Hippodamian plan
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a city grid that makes all streets meet at right angles. Accented by the cardo and decumanus, which run through the center of the city as major thoroughfares.
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Voussoir
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a wedge-shaped block used in the construction of a true arch. The central voussoir is the keystone.
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Triumphal arch
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a freestanding arch, commemorating an important event, generally a military victory.
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Tessera
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Tiny stones cut and placed to form a mosaic
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Tholos
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a temple with a circular plane
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Andron
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dining room in a Greek house.
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Pseudoperipteral temple
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a temple with a series of engaged columns around the back and side to give the appearance of peripteral colonnade.
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Peristyle courtyard
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in ancient Greek architecture, a colonnade all around the cella and its porches.
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