Art History Test 2 Terms

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Linear A/Linear B

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Forms of writing used in certain prehistoric Aegean times

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Labyrinth

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A maze, complicated network

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Citadel

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A fortress dominating a city

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Cyclopean masonry

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A type of stonework from the Mycenaeans using limestones with no mortar

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Corbelled arch

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A type of arch created by having stones get more closed in as they go up

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Tholos

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A round building or tomb

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Dome

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A rounded vault forming a roof of a building

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Wet fresco

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When an artist paints on wet plaster so that it dries and becomes part of the wall

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Kamares Ware

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A type of ceramic produced by the Minoans

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Faience

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Glazed ceramic ware

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Repousse

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Metalwork hammered into a relief on the opposite side

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Register

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Artwork that is separated by different levels (like a comic book)

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Black figure

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Painted black figures on a lighter background, most likely red

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Red figure

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Painted red figures with a black background

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Tempera

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A type of paint created with colors and egg yolks

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Metopes

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A square space in between triglyphs on a Doric frieze

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Entablature

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A horizontal piece that rests on the columns that contains the friezes

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Capital

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The uppermost part of a column, the top

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Entasis

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A slight curve in the shaft of a column

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Volute

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The spirals that come out from an Ionic order

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Frieze

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A broad horizontal band that is sculpted or decorated, on a wall up by the ceiling/ above columns

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Pediment

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The triangle upper part of a building, the "pointed roof", around columns

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Caryatid

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A female figure serving as support in place of a column

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Kouros

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Archaic Greek statue of a young man, often naked

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Kore

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Archaic Greek statue of a young woman, often with loose robes

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Archaic smile

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In Archaic Greek art, the smile that was one the faces of the sculptures and people in the artwork

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Encaustic

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A painting technique that used hot wax and pigment. Lasts a long time

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Idealism

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Forming unrealistic expectations, in art it's creating an unrealistic version of the person portrayed

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Hellenistic

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Greek culture that came after the death of Alexander the great. Lots of emotion, drama

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Necropolis

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A cemetery in an ancient city

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Tumulus

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A mound of Earth raised over a grave

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Chimera

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A female Greek monster that is a lion's head, goat's body and serpent's tail that breathes fire

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Cremation

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The act of burning a body after death

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First Style painting

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A type of painting in Rome that was used to create an illusion that the wall was made of a more expensive material (marble or stones)

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Second Style Painting

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Created the illusion of 3 dimensional spaces, often landscape scenes that opened up the room into something more

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Third Style Painting

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Embraced the flatness of a wall, monochromatic, intricate details

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Fourth Style Painting

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Used panels of individual paintings, still life paintings

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Mosaics

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A picture made by arranging colored stones or glass.

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Amphitheater

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A round or oval building used for entertainment, presentations, fights, etc

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Synagogue

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A building used for Jewish worship

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Catacomb

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An underground cemetery

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Lunette

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Something crescent shaped

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Apse

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A large semi-circle in a church, usually containing the alter

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Relic

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An object surviving from earlier times, historic or sentimental

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Tesserae

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A small piece of glass, stone, etc used to create a mosaic

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Chi-Rho

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The Christian symbol Constantine saw in battle that assured him that he would win the battle

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Iconography

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Visual images used in a work

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Vellum

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Parchment made from calf skin

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Parchment

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Stiff, flat, thin piece of animal skin used for writing in ancient times

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Diptych

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A painting that is like a book, hinged and can close, book cover

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Atrium (basilica)

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An open-roofed entrance hall or central court

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Narthex

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A porch-like structure with railing in a church

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Aisles

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A passageway between rows of seats

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Clerestory

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Upper part of a church that contain clerestory windows

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Transept

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A transverse section that lays across a building, crosswise, like a cruciform (cross shaped)