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1
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Myron

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made the discobolus

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2
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who made the Zeus at Olympia

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Pheidas

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3
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when was the bronze age

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3000-1000 BC

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4
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cycladic art

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marble idols; simplistic and stylized

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5
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who excavated Minoa

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Sir Arthur Evans in the 1900s

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6
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where was Minoa

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crete

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7
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characteristics of Minoan palace

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complicated maze of rooms used for buisness, multi story, downward taping columns

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8
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what material was the snake goddess made of

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faience

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9
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where is the Toreador fresco found

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Minoan/ Crete

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10
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where is the La Parisienne found

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Minoan /Crete

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11
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where is the Prince of the lillies found

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Minoan/ Crete

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12
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where is the dolphin fresco found

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the Queens megaron in crete

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13
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where is Boxing children found

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Thera/Santorini

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14
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where is blue Monkeys found

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Thera/Santorini

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15
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where is Fisherman found

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Thera/Santorini

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16
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where is the Harvester Vase found

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Thera/Santorini

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17
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where is the octopus vase found

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Thera/Santorini

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18
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where is the Bulls head Rhyton found

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Thera/Santorini

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19
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where was Mycenaea

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mainland greece

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20
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characteristics of Mycenaean architecture

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“cyclopean” walls, stone walls, tholos tombs, lion gate

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21
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what form was the Treasury of Atreus

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tholos tomb

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22
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who found the mask of Agamemnon

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Heinrich Schliemann

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23
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who excavated the pylos

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Carl Blegen

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24
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who deciphered linear B tablets

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Micheal Ventris in 1950

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25
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characteristics of protogeometric art

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pots were decorated with black bands, wavy lines, simple geometric designs, concentric circles

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26
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date of the protogeometric period

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1000-900BC

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27
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dates of the Geometric period

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900-700 BC

28
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characteristics of the Geometric period

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human and animal figures, meander pattern, triangles

29
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Diplylon Vase

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Geometric, large vase that served as a grave monument, depicts funeral scene

30
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Orientalizing period dates

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700-600 BC

31
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Orientalizing period characteristics

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signs of influence from east, decorative floral motifs, animals

32
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The Eleusis Amphora

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Orientalizing, vase that depicts the blinding of Polyphemus by odysseus

33
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black figure technique

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developed in 700 BC in Corinth, silhouetted in black against the reddish clay, details scratched with a needle

34
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francois vase

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Orientalizing, Kleitias, depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis; black figure

35
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Ajax and Achilles playing Dice

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Orientalizing, Exekias, amphora, black figure

36
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Lekythos

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used for oils, perfumes, pouring funeral libations

37
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amphora

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two handles vase used for storage and transport

38
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krater

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used for mixing wine with water

39
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kylix and kantharos

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drinking cups

40
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Archaic Period dates

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600-480 BC

41
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Red figure technique

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invented in Athens in 530 BC, figures are left red and the background is black, allows for greater details, forshortening

42
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Death of Sarpedon

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Archaic, Euphronios, red figure,

43
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archaic kouros

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youth male, free standing nude, with one foot forward, stiff, hair- formalized, unnatural “archaic smile”

44
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Kore

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maiden, freestanding but always clothed

45
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significance of the Kritias Boy

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480, marks the end of the archaic and the beginning of the classical period, figures head and body are turned, weight shifts from one leg to another and hips move, controposto

46
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classical period dates

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5th century BC

47
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Parthenon Sculpturer

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Phidias

48
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how many metopes does the Parthenon have

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92

49
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what was the theme of the northern face of the parthenon

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the trojan war

50
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what was the theme of the eastern face of the parthenon

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gigantomachy

51
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what was the theme of the southern face of the parthenon

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lapiths and centaurs

52
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what was the theme of the western face of the parthenon

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amazonomachy

53
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what does the Parthenian inner frieze depict

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panathenaic procession, done in low relief

54
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what does the west pediment show in the parthenon

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competition between Athena and Poisiden

55
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what does the east pediment show in the parthenon

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the birth of athena

56
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what were the Elgin Marbles

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the sculpture from the Parthenon displayed in the British Museum that were taken by lord Elgin in the 19th century

57
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Amasis

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did pottery

58
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what color ground decorated black figure pottery

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red-orange

59
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the original architect of the propylaea

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callicrates

60
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The presence of ____________ in Attic clay made it particulary valuable for red and black-figure pottery

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iron

61
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where is they dying gaul from

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pergamum

62
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what is the severe style

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early classical forms that were stiff

63
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examples of severe style

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zeus (or poisiden), the charioteer of delphi

64
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Discobolus

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by Myron, only roman copy survives

65
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Doryphorus

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spearbearer, by Polyclitus, only marble copies survive, stands in controposto, ideal body of man

66
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what book did Polyclitus write

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canon

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