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Geometric Style

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900-700 BCE

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Geometric Amphora

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750 BCE Diplyon cemetery

terracotta

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Archaic Style

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700-480 BCE

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Siphnian Treasury

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525 BCE Delphi Archaic

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The Temple of Hera I

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550 BC Paestrum, Italy Archaic

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The Temple of Hera II

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500 BCE Paestrum, Italy Archaic

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Kore

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630 BCE limestone Archaic

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Kouros

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600 BCE marble Archaic

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West Pediment fo the Temple of Artemis

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600 BCE, Corfu Archaic

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Dying Warriors, Temple of Aphaia

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500 BCE marble Archaic

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Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice

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by Exekias 540-530 BCE terra cotta, Archaic

Black figure amphora

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Dancing Revelers

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by Euthrymides 500 BCE, terracotta, Archaic,

red figure amphora

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Classical Style

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480-323 BCE

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The Kritios Boy

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480 BCE, marble, Classical

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Poseidon/Zeus

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450 BCE Bronze, Classical

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Diskolobus

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by Myron 450 BCE Classical

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Warrior from Riace

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450 BCE bronze, Classical

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Doryphoros or Spear Bearer

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by Polykleitos 440 BCE Classical

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Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

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460 BCE Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Classical

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Hermes

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by Praxiteles 320 BCE, Classical

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Aphrodite of Knidos

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by Praxiteles 340 BCE, Classical

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The Acropolis

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427-405 BCE Athens, Classical

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The Propylaea

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Acropolis, Athens, Classical

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The Parthenon

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Acropolis, Athens, Classical

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Athena Parthenos
Parthenon, Acropolis in Athens, Classical
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Dionysos
Parthenon, Acropolis in Athens, Classical
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Three Goddesses
Parthenon, Acropolis in Athens, Classical
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Horsemen
Parthenon, Acropolis in Athens Classical
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The Temple of Athena Nike
Acropolis in Athens, Classical
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The Erechtheum
Acropolis in Athens, Classical
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Theater at Epidauros
3rd Century BCE, Classical
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Hellenistic Style
323-31 BCE
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Dying Gaul
230 BCE, Pergamon , Hellenistic
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Nike of Samothrace
190 BCE Marble, Hellenistic
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Drunken Old Woman
3rd Century, Hellenistic
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Altar of Zeus
180 BCE, Hellenistic
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The Battle of Issos
(The Battle of Alexander and the Persions) 100 BCE Pompeii, Hellenistic
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Amphora
a tall ancient greek or roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck
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Krater
a jar or vase of classical antiquity having a large round body and a wide mouth and used for mixing wine and water.
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Meander or Key pattern
pattern normally used on greek pottery
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Black-figure
one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases
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Red-Figure
one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting, black background
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White-ground
White background on greek pottery
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Kouros
an archaic Greek statue of a young man, standing and often naked.
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Kore
an archaic Greek statue of a young woman, standing and clothed in long loose robes.
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Doric Order
-the earliest and simplest of the greek architectural styles, consisting of relatively short, squat columns, sometimes unfluted and a simple, square shaped capital.
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Ionic Order
a moderatly ornate greek architectural style introuduced from asia minor and characterized by spiral scrolls
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Volute
a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
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Architrave
(in classical architecture) a main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
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Peripteral temple
having a row of columns on all sides
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ballustrade
An entire railing system including a top rail, balusters-(spindles), and a bottom rail. Found either inside or outside a building.
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Corinthian Order
- the most ornate of the greek architectual styles, characterized by slender, fluted columns and capitals with an acanthus leaf design
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Caryatid
building column shaped like a female figure
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Contrapposto
Italian term meaning "set against" used to describe the pose that results from setting parts of the body in opposition to each other around a central axis
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encaustic
hot colored wax
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foreshortening
an illusion created on a flat surface in which figures and objects appear to recede or project sharply into space. accomplished according to the rules of perspective
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lost-wax technique
A bronze-casting method in which a figure is modeled in wax and covered with clay; the whole is fired, melting away the wax and hardening the clay, which then becomes a mold for molten metal
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archaic smile
the smile that appears on greek statuary from 570 to 480 BC
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agora
"assembly" square or marketplace center of public life in every ancient Greek city
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Frieze
in a classical order, the middle horizontal division of an entablature, usually decorated with sculpture An elevated horizontal decorative band on a wall
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Metope
A square space between triglyphs, often decorated with sculpture.
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Triglyph
a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves. Triglyphs alternate with metopes.
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Cornice
projecting molding on buildings
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Entablature
consist of an architrave, frieze, and cornice.
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Pediment
in Classical architecture, the triangular element supported by columns
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Naos
the chamber at the center of an ancient temple

Art History Western 1 (9 decks)

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