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73 Cards in this Set
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A mixing bowl characterized by a wide mouth and wide body. |
Krater |
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a storage jar characterized by a narrow mouth, wide body, and double handles. |
Amphora |
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a water jar characterized by a long neck and three handles. |
Hydria |
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a.k.a. key pattern; geometric pattern of interlocking horizontal and vertical lines. |
Meander |
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a zig zag pattern. |
Chevron |
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vase painting with black silhouetted figures against the light background of natural, reddish clay, and incised linear details. |
Black-figure technique |
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Red figures silhouetted against a black background and painted linear details. |
Red-figure technique |
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a vase with paintings in black-figure and red-figure technique. |
Bilingual vases |
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Greek Orientalizing statuary that displays Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern influences. |
Daedalic |
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Paint of pigment and hot wax. |
Encaustic |
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Greek order characterized by columns with a flat-slab capital and no base, and an entablature with triglyphs and metopes |
Doric |
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the horizontal part of a building above the columns and below the roof, divided into the architrave or epistyle, frieze, and the cornice. |
Entablature |
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a.k.a epistyle, the lintel or lowest horizontal span in an entablature. |
Architrave |
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the sculpted horizontal band in the entablature between the architrave and the cornice. |
Frieze |
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the projecting crowning member of an entablature framing the pediment; also, any crowning projection. |
Cornice |
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the projecting crowning ornament of a slanted roofline. |
Raking cornice |
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the uppermost level of a temple platform on which the columns stand. |
Stylobate |
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the triangular section framed by the cornices on a temple. |
Pediment |
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a.k.a. peristyle: a row of columns that support a flat entablature. |
Colonnade |
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describes a temple with a single colonnade on all sides. |
Peripteral |
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the decorative ornament of three bands in a Doric frieze. |
Triglyph |
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the squares framed by triglyphs in a Doric frieze. |
Metope |
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a convex tapering or apparent swelling of a column. |
Entasis |
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Greek order characterized by slender columns, volute capital, base, and a continuous frieze. |
Ionic |
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a spiral or scroll-like form. |
Volute |
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a variation of the Ionic order; capitals have acanthus leaves and rosettes. |
Corinthian |
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a fern whose leaves are represented on the Corinthian capitals |
Acanthus |
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a.k.a. “s-curve” or “weight shift,” the human stance produced when weight is balanced on one standing leg, the other leg is bent, and a shift in the hips. |
Contrapposto |
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mathematical ratios used to produce an ideal visual harmony. |
Symmetria |
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a female figure that functions as a supporting column. |
Caryatid |
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“scene painting,” illusionistic perspective painting in Greece. |
Skenographia |
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“Shadow painting,” the use of shading to suggest three-dimensional form. |
Skiagraphia |
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patterns or pictures made by embedding tesserae into a cement surface. |
Mosaic |
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small pieces of glass or stone. |
Tesserae |
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baked clay used for sculpture or building material; may be glazed or painted. |
Terracotta |
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baked clay used for sculpture or building material; may be glazed or painted. |
Terracotta |
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a coffin, usually of stone. |
Sarcophagus |
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baked clay used for sculpture or building material; may be glazed or painted. |
Terracotta |
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a coffin, usually of stone. |
Sarcophagus |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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a porous rock formed from the deposits of springs. |
Tufa |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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the Etruscan variation of the Doric order in which columns have a flat slab capital and a base. |
Tuscan |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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the use of engaged columns to suggest a peristyle completely around a temple. |
Pseudo-peripteral |
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baked clay used for sculpture or building material; may be glazed or painted. |
Terracotta |
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a coffin, usually of stone. |
Sarcophagus |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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a porous rock formed from the deposits of springs. |
Tufa |
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the Etruscan variation of the Doric order in which columns have a flat slab capital and a base. |
Tuscan |
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the use of engaged columns to suggest a peristyle completely around a temple. |
Pseudo-peripteral |
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extremely realistic, true to natural appearance. |
Veristic |
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baked clay used for sculpture or building material; may be glazed or painted. |
Terracotta |
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a coffin, usually of stone. |
Sarcophagus |
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a burial mound covering subterranean multi-chambered tombs. |
Tumulus |
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a porous rock formed from the deposits of springs. |
Tufa |
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the Etruscan variation of the Doric order in which columns have a flat slab capital and a base. |
Tuscan |
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the use of engaged columns to suggest a peristyle completely around a temple. |
Pseudo-peripteral |
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extremely realistic, true to natural appearance. |
Veristic |
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wax portraits of ancestors. |
Imagine |
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the entry way or vestibule. |
Fauces |
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the entry way or vestibule. |
Fauces |
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the part of a Roman house that opens to the sky. |
Atrium |
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the entry way or vestibule. |
Fauces |
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the part of a Roman house that opens to the sky. |
Atrium |
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the water basin in an atrium, placed below the opening in the roof. |
Impluvium |
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the office area of a Roman house, usually located between the atrium and the peristyle. |
Tablinum |
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the colonnaded walkway surrounding the garden. |
Peristyle |
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the dining room. |
Triclinium |
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a bedroom or small room. |
Cubicula |
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a thin, decorative column. |
Colonnette |
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decoration of whimsical, fanciful, and composite figures. |
Grotesque |
