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104 Cards in this Set
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Cycladic |
2500bc |
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Minoan |
1500 bc |
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Mycenaean |
1500 bc |
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Fresco |
Painting plaster with pigments ground in water so that the paint is absorbed by the plaster and becomes part of the wall itself |
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Megaron |
Central audience hall |
Greek work for large |
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Rhyton |
Ancient drinking vessel made from pottery metal or stone |
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Casemate |
A chamber or compartment within a fortified wall, usually used for the storage of artillery and munitions |
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Corbel vault |
A vault formed by progressively projecting courses of stone or brick, which eventually meet to form the highest point of the vault |
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Corbel arch |
Each piece sticks out a little more than the last it's kinda like a Christmas tree |
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Cyclopean masonry |
Limestone boulders stacked together to build stuff without mortar |
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Frying pan Cycladic 2500 |
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Figure from the Cyclades Cycladic2500 Cycladic2500 2500 |
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amorgos Harpist from amorgosCycladic2500 Cycladic 2500 |
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Staircase palace complex Knossos Minoan 1500 bc |
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Grandstand fresco Minoan 1500 |
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Queen's megaron Minoan 1500 |
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Spring fresco Minoan 1500 |
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Beaked jug(kamares ware) Minoan 1500 |
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Octopus vase Minoan 1500 |
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Harvester vase Minoan 1500 |
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Rhyton in the shape of a bull's head Minoan 1500 |
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Snake goddess Minoan 1500 |
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Toreador fresco Minoan 1500 |
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Plan of palace and citadel at tiryns Mycenaean 1500 |
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Corbeled casemate at tiryns Mycenaean 1500 |
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The lioness gate Mycenaean 1500 |
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Treasury of Atreus Mycenaean 1500 |
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Interior of Treasury of Atreus Mycenaean 1500 |
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Mask of Agamemnon Mycenaean 1500 |
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Inlaid dagger blade from shaft grave Mycenaean 1500 |
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Vaphio cups Mycenaean 1500 |
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dieties Three dietiesMycenaean1500 Mycenaean 1500 |
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Geometric |
700 |
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Orientalizing |
600 |
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Archaic |
500 |
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Classical |
400 |
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Hellenistic |
300 |
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Dipylon amphora Geometric 700 |
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Griffin- head proteome Orientalizing 600 |
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Temple of Hera Archaic 500 |
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Interior of temple of Hera Archaic 500 |
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Kore KoreArchaic500 Archaic 500 |
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kouros New York kourosArchaic500 Archaic 500 |
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Kriosos Archaic 500 |
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Kore from Chios Archaic 500 |
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Central portion. Of west pediment of temple of Artemis Archaic 500 |
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East pediment temple of aphaiaArchaic500 aphaia Archaic 500 |
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Dying warrior east pediment aphaia Archaic 500 |
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Dying warrior west pediment aphaia Archaic 500 |
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Achilles and ajax playing dice By exekias Archaic 500 |
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Dancing revelers By euthymides Archaic 500 |
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Kritios boy Classical 400 |
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Zeus Classical 400 |
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Doryphoros (Roman copy) Classical 400 |
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Disk thrower (Roman copy) Classical 400 |
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Riace warrior Classical 400 |
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Akropolis, Athens. Classical 400 |
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Parthenon Illinois and kallikrates Classical 400 |
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parthenos Model of Athena parthenosBy pheidiasClassical400 pheidias By pheidiasClassical400 Classical 400 |
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Three goddesses east pediment of Parthenon Classical 400 |
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East pediment at Parthenon By Jacques Carrey Classical 400 |
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Lapith and centaur Parthenon Classical 400 |
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Frieze above west entrance of cella Parthenon Classical 400 |
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East frieze if Parthenon Classical 400 |
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Nike temple of Athena Classical 400 |
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Grave stele of hegeso Classical 400 |
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propylaia By mnesikles The propylaiaBy mnesiklesClassical 400 Classical 400 |
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Temple of Athena Nike Classical 400 |
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The erechtheion Classical 400 |
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Corinthian capital By polykleitos the younger Classical 400 |
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Aphrodite of knidos (Roman copy) Classical 400 |
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Hermes (Roman copy) By Praxiteles Classical 400 |
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Apoxyomenos By lysippos Classical 400 |
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krater Red figured calyx kraterBy niobid painterClassical400 By niobid painter Classical 400 |
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White ground lekythos Classical 400 |
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epidauros Theater epidauros Hellenistic 300
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Portrait of Alexander the great (Roman copy) By lysippos Hellenistic 300 |
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Portrait head from delos Hellenistic 300 |
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Dying trumpeter (Roman copy) Epigonos of Pergamon Hellenistic 300 |
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West from great altar of Zeus at Pergamon Hellenistic 300 |
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Athena and alkyoneus Hellenistic 300 |
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Nike of Samothrace Pytgokritos of Rhodes Hellenistic 300 |
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Drunken old woman (Roman copy) Hellenistic 300 |
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The battle of issos (mosaic copy) Hellenistic 300 |
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Amphora |
Hold oil and wine storage |
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Krater |
Mixing wine and water |
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Kylix |
Drinking cup |
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Frieze |
A band of painted or sculptured decoration |
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Entasis |
A swelling of the shaft of a column |
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Triglyph |
Element of Doric frieze separates two metopes and sectioned into 3 by grooves |
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Metope |
Between two triglyphs |
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Pediment |
Triangle over a door filled with sculpture |
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Capital |
The top of the column |
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Fluting |
Grooves in the column shafts |
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Volute |
The little cinnamon roll thing |
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Drum |
A section of the shaft of a column |
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Kore |
Greek word for maiden |
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Kouros |
Male youth |
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Contrapposto |
Relaxed asymmetrical posture and distribution of weight |
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Red figure pottery |
Red figured against a black background |
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Black figure pottery |
Black figures on a red background |
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Corinthian |
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Ionic |
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Doric |
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