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31 Cards in this Set
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Amazonmarchy |
Amazons vs. man |
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Aqueduct |
artificial connection (usually made of concrete) from source of water to city (Roman)
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Atmospheric Perspective |
art technique used to show locations of objects that are close are easy to see and ones farther away are less
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Barrel Vault |
is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve
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Basilica |
Roman generic building that inspired modern cathedrals/church designs
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Centauromachy |
man vs. centaurs (Greeks vs. barbarians) |
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Chi Rho |
early Christian symbol |
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Cista |
a box or basket used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans for various practical and mystical purposes
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Classical Moment |
a significant moment |
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Concrete |
building material of most, if not all, Roman construction
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Constatine |
Roman Emperor who founded Byzantine and build Constantinople
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Contrapposto |
is an Italian term that means counterpoise. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
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Damnatio memoriae |
banishment of a person’s existence within Roman history`
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Engaged Columns |
column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall
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Fibula |
a clasp resembling a safety pin used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans
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Fresco Secco |
wall painting technique where pigments mixed with an organic binder and/or lime are applied onto a dry plaster
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Groin Vault |
is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults
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Herm |
a squared stone pillar with a carved head on top (typically of Hermes), used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or a signpost
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Mosaic |
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
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Necropolis |
city of the dead; a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city
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Octavian |
prorogation by putting the emperor’s face (or bust) everywhere
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Oculus |
round hole carved out of the top of a building
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Paterfamilias |
the male head of a family or household
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Pax Romana |
the peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire
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Principate |
the rule of the early Roman emperors, during which some features of republican government were retained
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Tesserae |
a small tablet of wood or bone used as a token
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Tholos Temple |
a circular structure, often a temple, of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and in classical or neoclassical architecture
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Wet Drapery Technique |
wet"t-shirt" art (oh my) |
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Dominate |
period of the Late Roman Empire |
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Encaustic |
wax based painting technique |
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Entasis |
a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft
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