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classical moment
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picking a particular moment in a story, not the one of high drama, but the calm before or after
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Name the 2 components of a frieze in the Doric Order
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1. triglyph
2. metope Frieze alternates between these two - metope contains the sculptural image |
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colonnade
peristyle / peripteral |
walkway lined by columns
completely encircled bye a colonnade (all around the cella and its porches) |
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What is a krater?
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a wide-mouthed vase used for mixing things; wine water
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amphora
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two-handled storage vase with a narrow mouth
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gorgon
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in Greek mythology, a hideous female demon with snake hair. Medusa, the most famous, was capable of turning anyone who gazed at her into stone
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cella
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the room in a temple in which the scupture of the god or goddess stood
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pediment
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the triangular space at the ends of a bldg, formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the collonade
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entasis
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a swelling in the shaft of a column
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