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Aegean through Imperial Roman Flashcards

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Knossos, Crete

Labyrinth Palace of King Minos

ca. 1700-1400 BCE

Minotaur Legend

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Dolphin Fresco

ca. 1700-1300 BCE

Knossos

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Octopus Jar

ca. 1450 BCE

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Snake Goddess

ca. 1600 BCE

Faience from Knossos

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Bull-Leaping Fresco

ca. 1450-1400 BCE

Knossos

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True Fresco

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Water is used as the vehicle for the pigment and, with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall

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Lion Gate

ca. 1300-1250

Two Heraldic lions & a column

Mycenae

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Treasury of Atreus

ca. 1300-1250 BCE

Mycenae

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Funerary Masks, from Grave Circle A

ca. 1600-1500 BCE

Repoussé gold

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Vapheio Cup

ca. 1500-1450 BCE

Repoussé Gold

Mycenae

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Cyclopean Masonry

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Built w/ very large, irregular stone blocks, as if by a giant

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Tholos

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Beehive-like earthen mound tombs (pl. tholoi)

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Geometric Style Amphora

“Dipylon Amphora” - From Dipylon cemetary, Athens

Greek vessel- Standardized for function

ca. 750 BCE

Thrown on a wheel

Pictured: Scene of Mourning; Meandering Key

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New York Kouros

“Kouros”: Male youth

ca. 600 BCE

Greek

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Lady of Auxerre

“Kore”: Maiden

ca. 650-625 BCE

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Kroisos

ca. 530 BCE

Commemorating Kroisos who died in battle

Example of “archaic smile”

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Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

West Pediment: Dying Soldier, ca. 500-490 BCE

East Pediment: Dying Soldier, ca. 480; Had been destroyed & rebuilt

Pediments show battle of Greeks & Trojans

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Peplos Kore

ca. 620-525 BCE

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Kritios Boy

ca. 480 BCE

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Encaustic

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Painting using beeswax

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Hellas

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Former name of Ancient Greece

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Archaic Smile

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Typical smile in Ancient Greek sculptures; often appears unnatural & strange, possibly used to suggest life & wellness

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Differences between Doric & Ionic Greek Temples

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  1. Doric columns sit directly on stylobate

Ionic columns sit on a base

  1. Doric columns appear more solid & heavy

Ionic columns appear more slender, less tapering

  1. Doric capitals have a flaring, cushionlike shape

Ionic capitals end in a volute

  1. Doric frieze is broken up into triglyphs and metopes

Ionic have a running frieze

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Doryphoros

Polykleitos

ca. 450-440 BCE

accompanied a written piece about proportion

also called Canon (standard of measure/perfection)

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Centauromachy
A fight involving centaurs
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Contrapposto
Human figure leaning with most of their weight on one foot
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Canon
Standard of perfection
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Hollow Bronze Casting/Lost Wax Method
1. Model-making. 2. Moldmaking. 3. Wax 4. Removal of wax
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Temple of Zeus at Olympia Livon of Elis c. 470-456 BCE East Pediment: Chariot race of Pelops & Ornomaos West Pediment: Apollo and Battle of Greeks & Centaurs (centauromachy) Metopes: Labors of Hercules
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Riace Warrior ca. 460-450 BCE
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Artemision Zeus or Poseidon ca. 460-450 BCE
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Gigantomachy
War between the Gods of Olympus & the rebelling giants
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos ca. 350-340 Roman marble copy
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Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper) ca. 350 BCE Roman marble copy
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Lysippos, Portrait of Alexander the Great 3rd Century BCE
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Great Altar of Zeus / Peramon Altar Pergamon (Modern Turkey) ca. 175 BCE
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Sleeping Satyr ca. 230-220 BCE
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Seated Boxer ca. 100-50 BCE
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Old Market Woman ca. 150-100 BCE
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Tumulus
(pl. tumuli) mound of dirt & stones covering a grave/tomb
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Necropolis
"City of the Dead"; cluster of tumuli
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Terracotta
Earthenware popular among Entruscans
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Veristic Portraiture
naturalistic portraiture, including wrinkles & flaws
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Stylistic eclecticism
Combining everal stylistic methods
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Imagines
(Imag-in-ays) busts of ancestors in marble or wax
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Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs 3rd Century BCE Cerveteri (necropolis), Italy Decorated like the inside of a house; bed, chairs, stucco tools, etc
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Sarcophagos with Reclining Couple ca. 520 BCE Cerveteri, Italy Terracotta
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Capitoline Wolf ca. 500 BCE Child figured (Romulus & Remus) added during Italian Renaissance
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Head of an Old Man ca. 80 BCE Roman Republic
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Portrait of a Roman General ca. 75-50 BCE Marble
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Funerary Relief with Portraits of the Gesii ca. 30 BCE
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Mosaic
Assemblage of pieces of glass or stone to create an image
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Tesserae
Small pieces of glass or stone used in mosaic
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domus
Roman house
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Atrium
Squarish central hall lit by an opening in the roof
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Impluvium
Pool or basin located under the roof opening to catch rain
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Cubiculum
bedroom located off of atrium of domus
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First Style of Pompeian Wall Painting
Simulated stones in geometric flat planes of color First century BCE
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Second Style of Pompeian Wall Painting
Simulated 3D scene / fantasy world ca. 60 - 20 BCE
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Third Style of Pompeian Wall Painting
Abandonment of illusion; solid planes of color similar to first style ca. 10 BCE - 1st Century BCE
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Fourth Style of Pompeian Style Wall Painting
Elements from each of the first three styles ca. 60 - 79 BCE
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Atmospheric Perspective
Objects further away are hazier, objects closer are sharper
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Linear Perspective
Mathematical system of creating the illusion of depth
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Battle of Alexander ca. 1st Century BCE Mosaic Roman copy of Greek fresco "Philoxenos of Eretria" ca. 310 BCE House of the Faun, Pompeii
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Gardenscape Villa of Livia, Primaporta Second style 30-20 BCE atmospheric perspective
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Scenes of Dionysiac Mystery Cult ca. 60 BCE Villa of the Mysteries 2nd Style
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House of the Vettii Domus in Pompeii
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Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor Cubiculum ca. 50-40 BCE 2nd style fresco linear perspective
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Villa of Agrippa Postumus ca. 10 BCE 3rd style fresco Bosco trecase, Italy
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Ixion Room House of the Vettii, Pompeii ca. 70-79 BCE 4th style fresco

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