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The Aegean Sea lies between these two modern countries

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Greece and Turkey

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The centre of Minoan culture seems to have been the island now called

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Crete

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The ancient Greek historian Thucydides describes the Minoans as a thalassocracy, which means

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Sea empire

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The palace of Knossos was the legendary home of this mythical king

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Minos

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Were the Minoans a prehistoric culture?

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No, they had a written language

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Describe the relationship between the great court in a Minoan palace & the surrounding landscape:

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Court aligned to a mountain

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The palaces of Knossos & Phaistos contained magazines of enormous storage jars; the scale of these jars suggests this type of activity:

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Communal storage

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Religious sites on Crete include caves & ________

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Peak sanctuaries on top of mountains

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The Greek myth of the Minotaur imprisoned in a labyrinth may have been partially based on this city:

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Knossos

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What did the Minotaur look like?

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Human body and bull head

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Both an altar in this city, and ceremonial vessels, are in the shape of the head of this animal:

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Bull

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Another subject typical of Minoan art:

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Sea creatures

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Among the visual characteristics typical of Minoan art:

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Preference for bright colors

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The Minoans used this technique:

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Permanence

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Why are the figures in the "toreador" fresco different skin colors?

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Men - dark, Women - light.

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Among the visual devices used by the artist to suggest movement in the "toreador fresco:

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Emphasis on long flowing lines

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How much of the "Toreador Fresco" is original, and how much restoration?

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40% original

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The economy of the Minoans was based on trade, agriculture, but also on:

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The Sea

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Evidence for this might be

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Prevalence of marine imagery

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In addition to written documents, some evidence for contacts between the Minoan & Egyptian civilizations includes

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Minoan paintings in Egypt

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If Egyptian pyramids convey a sense of stability, what might be the effect of architecture supported by Minoan columns?

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Possibility of movement

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The "Spring Fresco" on the island of Thera has survived intact because

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it was buried beneath ash of erupting volcano

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The original placement of the "Spring Fresco" was probably in this type of space:

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D. private house

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We can assume that the Minoans were not warlike culture because:

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No evidence of weapons

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Among the Minoan statues called "Snake Goddesses," some are chryselephantine, which means

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made of ivory and gold

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The snakes in these figures of the "Snake Goddesses" may be emphasized because of this symbolic meaning:

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protection

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Or the snakes in the Minoan "Snake Goddesses" may be emphasized for the stylistic preference:

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A taste for cirving lines

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In the Greek legend, as told by Homer in the Illiad, the Greek forces are led by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, when a thousand ships set sail for ___ war.

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Trojan

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The inhabitants of Mycenae seem to have lived in times of war because

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Imagery of warriors and weapons were found in tombs

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Mycenae might be called an acropolis because

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It was on a hill

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Mycenae might also be called a citadel because

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It had defensive walls of a fortress

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The idea that giants must have built the walls of Mycenae is reflected in its description as ____ construction

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Cyclopic

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The structural technique used to enclose the dome of the Treasury of Atreus:

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Corbeling

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The scale of the lintel of the Treasury of Atreus is

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Large

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The Treasury of Atreus was built for this purpose:

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A tomb

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The description of the Treasury of Atreus as a "tholos" refers to the shape, which resembles a ___ ____

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Circular beehive

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The medium of the Funerary mask from Mycenae:

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Gold

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Among the reasons this medium might have been chosen:

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Lasts forever

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Who is represented in these masks?

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Kings of Mycenae

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The technique used in these masks is

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Repousse

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Despite different languages and religions, we can tell that the Minoan & Mycenaean cultures were somewhat related because

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Common decorative elements

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Both Minoan and Mycenaean cultures occupied lands now part of the modern nation of ___

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Greece

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But the major Minoan cities are on the __

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Mainland

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The findsite for the "Dagger with lion hunt" was

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Grave circle of mycenae

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The scale of the images on the "Dagger with lion hunt" is

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Tiny

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Describe the approach to the city of Mycenae

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Path leads up a hill, circles beneath walls of cyclopic construction

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The style of representation in the dagger differs from Assyrian representations of the same subject in this respect:

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Active curving shapes

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The narrative of the Mycenaean Lion Hunt differs from Assyrian representations in this respect:

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Assyrain shown as winning every fight. Mycenaean - Struggling

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The material used for Mycenaean weapons was

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Bronze

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But the invading Dorian tribes had weapons made of

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Iron

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The design on the base of the Ara Pacis is of this plant

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Acanthus

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The figural frieze on the Ara Pacis represents:

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On one side the senators & priests of Rome, on the other side the emperor's family

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Among the ways the Roman frieze of the Ara Pacis differs from the Greek frieze of the Parthenon:

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Parthenon frieze = young perfect people Ara Pacis = old people

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The practical function of the Ara Pacis was

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as an altar for sacrifice

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The primary message intended by the patron of the Ara Pacis:

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Rome is a place of peace, life & prosperity

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Among the ways in which a typical Greek figural sculpture differs from a typical Roman figural sculpture might be

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Greek statues - idealized
Roman sculptures: realistic

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The "face" of a building is called the

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Facade

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An architectural structure meant to carry water is called

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Aquaduct

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A row of arches is called

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Arcade

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The stone in the center of an arch that "locks" the structure together

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Keystone

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The Roman Senate might celebrate a military victory by constructing this kind of monument

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Triumphal arch

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On a Roman monument to a military victory, one would expect to find this subject represented

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Scenes from whatever war is being commemorated

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Saturday the 21st of April in this year will be the 2757th anniversary of the

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Foundation of Rome by Romulus & Remus

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IN 509 BC the Roman _______ was established

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Republic

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In the year of Jesus' birth, the first emperor of Rome was

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Augustus Caesar

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Names for Roman emperors included the title "imperator", the adjective ___ and this family name _____

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Augustus & Caesar

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The term "Classical" refers to one of the styles of Greek art, but it's also used in a more general sense to refer to the "Classical World," which incorporates the cultures of ancient ____ and ___.

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Greece and Rome

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The Roman town destroyed by a volcano on 24 August, AD 79:

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Pompeii

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The open space at the center of every Roman city:

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Forum

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The courtyard at the center of a Roman house is the

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Atrium

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A popular subject on the walls of Roman kitchens:

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Still life

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The painting technique used to decorate Roman houses:

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Fresco

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Who determined the subject of wall paintings on the walls of Pompeiian houses?

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The people who lived in them

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A Roman building whose shape is a long rectangular hall, used as both court and for public meetings, is called a _______

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Basilica

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The function of the Colosseum:

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Amphitheatre for games

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The material used for the Colosseum is

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Concrete

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The function of the pilasters on the exterior of the Colosseum:

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Decoration

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The Doric Order is used of the 1st level of the Colosseum because

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Most solid & stable

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The ___ Order of Classical Architecture is used on the 2nd level of the Colosseum.

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Ionic

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A circular skylight or window:

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Oculus

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A circular space within a building:

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Totunda

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The Panthenon in Rome was dedicated to the worship of ____

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All the Gods

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The material used for the Panthenon was ___

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Concrete

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Family portrait statues were particularly important to a Roman Patrician because ____

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Status of one's family

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The subject of the metopes on the Parthenon was

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Mythical battle between the Lapiths & Centaurs

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In the Parthenon triglyph-and-metope frieze, the Lapith victory over the centaurs may refer to a historical victory, the triumph of the ____ over the ____.

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Greeks over the Persians

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This frieze has also been interpreted as a psychological narrative, symbolizing the victory of _____ over _____.

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Reason over Bestiality

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The statue of Poseidon from Artemesion has survived the past several thousand years because ____

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It was lost in an ancient shipwreck

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Many original Greek statues were executed in bronze, although we currently know them from copies made of _____.

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Marble

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This building was intended by its builders to serve as a monument to Greek ideals of beauty, harmony, proportion:

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The Parthenon

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A volute capital is typical of the _____

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Ionic

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The structural technique preferred by Greek Architects, and the builders of Stonehenge, is ____

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Post & Lintel structure

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The "head" at the top of a Classical column is called the ____

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Capital

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The band of decoration above the columns is called the

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Frieze