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16 Cards in this Set
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Archaic
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The artistic style of 600-BCE in Greece , Characterized in part by use of the composite view for painted and relief figures and of Egyptian statues
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Black-figure Painting |
in early Greek pottery , the silhouetting of dark figures against a light background |
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Canon |
A rule, for example, of proportion. The ancient Greeks considered beauty to be a matter of "correct" proportion and sought a canon of proportion, for the human figure and for buildings.
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Capital |
The uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel. In classical architecture, the form of the capital varies with the order
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caryatid |
a female figure that functions as s supporting column |
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cella |
The chamber at the center of an ancient temple; in classical temple , |
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classical |
The art and culture of ancient Greece between 480 323 BCE Lowercase classical refers more generally to Greco-Roman art and culture |
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clerestory
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The fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts. |
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colonnade |
A series or row of columns, usually spanned by lintels |
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contrapposto
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an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs.
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Corinthian
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cuneiform
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"wedged-shaped" A system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia , in which wedge-shaped characters were produced by pressing a stylus into soft clay tablet, which was then baked or otherwise allowed to harden |
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Doric
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One of the two systems (or orders) invented in ancient Greece for articulating the three units of the elevation of a classical buildingthe platform, the colonnade, and the superstructure (entablature). The Doric order is characterized by, among other features, capitals with funnel-shaped echinuses, columns without bases, and a frieze of triglyphs and metopes. See also Ionic.
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facade
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Usually, the front of a building :also, the other sides when they are emphasized architecturally |
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foreshortening
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The use of perspective to represent in art the apparent visual contraction of an object that extends back in space at an angle to the perpendicular plane of sight. |
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fresco
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