ancient greek art Flashcards
ionic
column with scrolls
doric
simple scroll
corinthian
highly decorated scroll
sanctuaries
place where the gods have a special connection
column base
bottom of the column
column shaft
middle of the column
column capital
top of the column
peristyle
colonnade that goes around a building
cella
most important room in the temple, holds image or sculpture of a deity, biggest room
entasis
widest part of the column
porch/portico
columns with an entablature, usually an entrance
triglyph
vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze
metope
rectangular recessed spaces between the triglyphs
archaic smile
all Greek archaic figures have this smile
peristyle
colonnade around the building
amphiprostyle
two rows of columns on the outside of a building
tholos
centralized, peristyle goes around the building
krater
holds wine
amphora
holds olive oil
kylex
drink wine from this vase
contrapposto
“counter pose,” figure standing with most of its wright on one foot, shoulders and arms twist off-axis
Phidias
great Greek sculpture, designed the Parthenon
Elgin marbles
collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and inscriptions that were originally a part of the Parthenon
Pericles
Greek statesmen and general of Athens, fought Athena
Aesthetics: Plato and mimesis
a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty
Apollo Belvedere in Vatican before 1509
fig leaf covered his private parts because the Vatican wanted to cover it
