AH Exam 2 terms

Question 1

heroon

Answer 1

shrine or memorial to a hero

Question 2

prothesis

Answer 2

the laying out of a body and dousing it in oil

Question 3

Krater

Answer 3

a pot used to mix wine

Question 4

daedalic

Answer 4

a specific characterization of a sculpture (triangle face, almond eyes, wig like hair)

Question 5

Kore

Answer 5

An archaic female statue

Question 6

Kouros

Answer 6

an archaic male statue

Question 7

Black figure

Answer 7

dark figures on light background

Question 8

red figure

Answer 8

red figures instead of black

Question 9

symposium

Answer 9

ritual with men and woman (sex, wine, ect)

Question 10

entasis

Answer 10

Bulging columns (Parthenon)

Question 11

satyr

Answer 11

goat man

Question 12

gigantomachy

Answer 12

fight among gods and giants (Athena battling Alkyoneos, from the Altar of Zeus, Pergamon )

Question 13

centauromachy

Answer 13

battle between gods and centaurs

Question 14

caryatid

Answer 14

statue of a woman that acts as a collumn

Question 15

controposto

Answer 15

s- curve, the natural curve of the body in classical era

Question 16

diaphanous

Answer 16

drapery, flowy and loose

Question 17

anastole

Answer 17

the flip of the hair inspired by alexander the great

Question 18

fibula

Answer 18

pin that held the toga together (Etruscan)

Question 19

Granulation

Answer 19

type of metal work where drops of gold are used to decorate

Question 20

terracotta

Answer 20

fancy word for clay (Etruscan)

Question 21

verism

Answer 21

showing how things really looked

Question 22

gravitas

Answer 22

In portraits, the seriousness in ones expression, like old men, mature.

Question 23

res publica restituta

Answer 23

when Augustus symbolically returned the state (Rome) to the people.

Question 24

oculus

Answer 24

round sky light at the top of a dome (pantheon)

Question 25

hypogeum

Answer 25

underground construction

Question 26

trompe l’oeil

Answer 26

to fool the eye looks so real that the viewer doesn’t know if its real or a painting

Question 27

Vignette

Answer 27

tiny painted scenes seen in 3rd and 4th style wall paintings

Question 28

basillical

Answer 28

open in the center enter from the long side has apses

Question 29

apse

Answer 29

rounded side of a boilding

Question 30

apotheosis

Answer 30

raised into heaven to become a god

Question 31

tetrarchy

Answer 31

last phase of roman empire lead by four men

Question 32

damnatio memoriae

Answer 32

removing someone from history by painting over their face or re sculpting their faces in sculptures

Question 33

entasis

Answer 33

making columns looks straight by curving them (Parthenon)