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archaic smile |
the smile that appears on all archaic greek statues from about 570 to 480 bce |
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black-figure-painting |
in early greek pottery, the silhouetting of dark figures against a background of natural reddish clay with linear details cut into the surface through the silhouettes. |
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red-figure-painting |
in later greek pottery, the silhouetting of red figures against a black background, with painted linear details. the reverse of black figure painting. |
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kore |
"young woman" greek statue of a young woman |
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kouros |
"young man" greek statue of a young man" greek statue of a young man |
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acropolis |
greek, "high city." in ancient greece, usually the site of the city's most important temple. |
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caryatid |
a female figure that functions as a supporting column |
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entasis |
the convex profile (an apparent swelling) in the shaft of a column |
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lost wax bronze casting |
a bronze casting method in which a figure is modeled in wax and covered in clay; the whole is fired, melting away the wax and hardening the clay, which then becomes a mold for molten metal. |
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canon (relation to greek art) |
a rule, for example of proportion. the greeks considered beauty to be a matter of "correct" proportion and sought a canon of proportion for the human figure and buildings. The 5th century BCE sculptor Polykleitos wrote the Canon, a treaties incorporating his formula for the perfectly proportioned statue |
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contrapposto |
the disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part (usually hips and legs one way, shoulders and chest another) creating a counter-positioning of the body and it's central axis. sometimes called "weight shift" because the weight of the body tends to be thrown to one foot creating tension on one side and relaxation on another. |
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mosaic |
patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors, also the technique of such work. |
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tesserae |
pieces of stone or glass used in mosaic |
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tholos |
a temple with a circular plan. also the burial chamber of a tholos tomb |
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Republic: senate, consuls |
senate- latin senatus, "council of elders." The senate was the main legislative body in roman constitutional government. consuls- in the roman republic, the two chief magistrates |
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patrician |
a roman freeborn landowner |
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plebian |
the roman social class that included small farmers, merchants, and freed slaves |
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concrete/concrete construction |
concrete- a building material invented by the romans and consisting of various proportions of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water, and small stones. concrete construction- construction made with concrete |
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barrel vault |
(tunnel) semi-cylindrical in cross section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other over an oblong space. |
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groin vault |
(cross) vault formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles |
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hemispherical dome |
a hemispherical vault; theoretically an arch rotated on it's vertical axis |
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verism |
the artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter, instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature, latin "true" |
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imagines |
in ancient rome, wax portraits of ancestors |
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forum |
the public square of an ancient roman city |
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amphitheater |
greek, "double theater." a roman building type resembling two greek theaters put together. the roman amphitheater featured a continuous elliptical cavea around the central areana. |
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linear perspective |
all parallel lines or surface edges converge on 1, 2, or 3 vanishing points located with references to the eye level of the viewer (the horizon line of the picture) and associated objects are rendered smaller the farther from the viewer they are intended to seem. |
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atmospheric perspective |
(aerial) creates illusion of distance by the greater diminution of color intensity, the shift in color toward an almost neutral blue, and the blurring of contours as the intended distance between eye and object increases. |
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triumphal arch |
in roman architecture, a free standing arch, commemorating an important event such as a military victory or the opening of a new road |
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tetrarchy |
greek, "rule by 4." a type of roman government established in the late 3rd century CE by Diocletian in an attempt to foster order by sharing power w/ potential rivals. |
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illuminated manuscript, parchment, vellum, codex, folio |
illuminated manuscript- a luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations parchment- lambskin prepared as a surface for painting or writing vellum- calfskin prepared as a surface for painting or writing codex- separate pages of vellum or parchment bound together at one side; the predecessor of the modern book. folio- a page of a manuscript or book |
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baptism |
the christian bathing ceremony in which an infant or convert becomes a member of the christian community |
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catacombs |
subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead |
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typology |
in christian theology the recognition of concordances between events, especially between episodes in the old and new testaments |
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orant |
in early christan art, a figure with both arms raised in the ancient gesture of prayer |
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Geometric Krater, Greek, GEOMETRIC |
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Anavysos Kouros, Greek, ARCHAIC |
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Temple of Hera, Greek, ARCHAIC |
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Temple of Hera Plan, Greek, ARCHAIC |
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Ajax and Achilles Playing a Dice game, Exekias, Greek, ARCHAIC |
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Dying Warriors fromm the Temple of Aphia, Greek, ARCHAIC- EARLY CLASSICAL TRANSITION |
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Kritios boy from the Acropolis, Greek, EARLY CLASSICAL |
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Riace Warrior, Greek, EARLY CLASSICAL |
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Doryphoros, Polyklietos, Greek, HIGH CLASSICAL |
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Parthenon, Iktinios and Kallikrates, Greek, HIGH CLASSICAL |
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Parthenon Plan, Iktinios and Kallikrates, Greek, HIGH CLASSICAL |
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Hermes and the infant Dionysos, Praxiteles, Greek, LATE CLASSICAL |
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Apoxymenos, Lyssipos, Greek, LATE CLASSICAL |
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Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic), Greek, LATE CLASSICAL |
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Nike of Samothrace, Greek, HELLENISTIC |
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Old Market Woman, Greek, HELLENISTIC |
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Laocoon and his Sons, Athandoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes, Greek, HELLENISTIC |
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Temple of Portunus (Temple of Fortuna Virilis), Roman, REPUBLIC |
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Funerary Reliefs with portraits of the Gessii, Roman, REPUBLIC |
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House of the Vettii (Atrium), Roman, POMPEIAN |
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House of the Vettii (Wall Paintings), Roman, POMPEIAN |
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Dinoysiac Mystery Frieze, Villa of the Mysteries, Roman, POMPEIAN |
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Augustus of Primaporta, Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Pont du Gard, Nimes, Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Ara Pacis Auguste, Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Ara Pacis Auguste (female personification, Tellus?), Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Ara Pacis Auguste (Procession of the Imperial family, detail of the south frieze), Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Colosseum (aerial view), Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Colosseum (detail of the facade), Roman, EARLY EMPIRE |
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Column of Trajan, Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Pantheon, Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Pantheon (restored cutaway view 1), Roman, HIGH EMPIRE) |
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Pantheon (restored cutaway view 2), Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Pantheon (interior), Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Unswept Floor Mosaic, Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Equestrian Portrait of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, HIGH EMPIRE |
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Baths of Diocletian, Roman, LATE EMPIRE |
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Baths of Diocletian (plan), Roman, LATE EMPIRE |
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Ludoviso Battle Sarcophagus, Roman, LATE EMPIRE |
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Four Tetrarchs, Roman, LATE EMPIRE |
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Arch of Constantine, Roman, LATE EMPIRE |
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Synagogue at Dura-Europas, Late Antiquity, JEWISH |
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The Good Shepard with Story of Jonah and Orants, Late Antiquity, EARLY CHRISTIAN |
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Rebecca and Eliezer and Well from the Vienna Genesis, Late Antiquity, EARLY CHRISTIAN |
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Geometric Period |
characterized largely by geometric motifs in vase painting |
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Orientating Period |
distinguished by international influences, from the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and Asia Minor, each of which contributed a distinctive Eastern style to Greek art |
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Archaic Period |
Greek artists rapidly assimilated foreign styles and motifs into new portrayals of their own myths and customs
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Early Classical
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Greek artists began to study human movement and anatomy, they discovered that living humans tend to display
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High Classical |
By far the most impressive examples of Greek architecture of the high Classical period were the buildings constructed under Pericles for the Athenian Acropolis
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Late Classical
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The heroic figure and use of the drapery |
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Hellenistic Period |
depiction of physical characteristics and postures that betray inner feelings |
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shaft, frieze, capital, base, cornice, architrave |
Corinthian Order 1. cornice 2. frieze 3. architrave 4. capital 5. shaft 6. base |
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capital, architrave, shaft, cornice, frieze |
Doric Order 1. cornice 2. frieze 3. architrave 4. capital 5. shaft |
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capital, architrave, frieze, cornice, shaft, base |
Ionic Order 1. cornice 2. frieze 3. architrave 4. capital 5. shaft 6. base |
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stylobate |
level on which columns stand |
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peristyle |
external columnade on all four sides |
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entableture, stylobates, pediment, triglyph, metopes |
1. pediment 2. trigliph 3. metopes 4. entableture 5. stylobates |
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cella, peristyle, stylobate |
1. stylobate 2. cella 3. peristyle |
