Art & Arch Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Arrives in Rome after the Trojan war, does not found the city but his descendants do

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Aeneas

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2
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First king/ founder of Rome

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Romulus

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3
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Sacred boundary line of the city of Rome

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Pomerium

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4
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The product of some combination of skill, training, and observation.

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Art

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5
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A form of art that is three-dimensional, highly spatial, functional, and closely bound with technology and materials

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Architecture

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6
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The study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, such as genre, design, format, and style

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Art History

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7
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Something or someone represented in a work of art

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Subject

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8
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Identifies the influences of time and place on the artist

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Interpretation

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9
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An artist’s characteristic manner of expression

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Style

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10
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The varied circumstances or setting in which a work of art is produced and interpreted

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Context

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11
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The viewer’s responses to a work of art. It helps us relate to a work of art in some way

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Emotion

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12
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Second-century AD author of a guidebook to Greece, he visited many sites and discussed what he saw

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Pausanias

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13
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A method of stone construction using massive irregular blocks without mortar

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Cyclopean Masonry

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14
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Carved or cast figures projecting from a background of which they are a part of.

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Relief Sculpture

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15
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The triangular opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight to be carried by the lintel itself

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Relieving Triangle

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16
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A beehive-shaped tomb with a circular plan, built of stone and then buried

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Tholos tombs

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17
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A projecting wall member used as a support for some element in the superstructure

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Corbel

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17
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Clothed statues depicting Greek females that were often more artistic and shown in elaborate clothing and would have been painted

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Kore (pl. Korai)

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17
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A stone-lined rectangular trench placed at the bottom of a pit, closed off and buried

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Shaft Grave

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18
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Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face of the plate. The metal is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a pointed tool

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Repoussé

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18
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Nude statues that depict the Greek ideal of the male body

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Kouros (pl. Kouroi)

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19
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An ancient Greek wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water

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Krater

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20
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A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to the surface while the mixture is hot

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Encaustic

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21
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A mixture of fine clay and water used in ceramic decoration

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Slip

22
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An ancient Greek two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or oil

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Amphora

23
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Centermost room in ancient temples, usually where the statue of the gods are placed

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Naos (or cella)

24
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The line of columns that go around ancient temples

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Peristyle (or colonnade)

25
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The uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel, the form varies by order

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Capital

26
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Vertical channels in the column

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Flutes

27
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A horizontal band that is above the capital and goes around the entire temple

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Frieze

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The triangular space at the end of a building formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade, often has sculptures on it

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Pediment

29
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Column style characterized by funnel-shaped echinuses, without bases and are more simple looking

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Doric Order

30
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Column style characterized by volutes, the capital and shaft of the Doric order but now have bases and a continuous frieze

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Ionic Order

31
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More ornate column style, the capital is decorated with acanthus leaves, very fancy looking

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Corinthian Order

32
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A marketplace of Ancient Greek, but also a political center. The center of civic life in the polis

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Agora

33
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Place of worship in Ancient Greece open to all Greeks regardless of their city state

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Panhellenic Sanctuary

34
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Contrasting material set into a surface in pieces to form a design

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Inlay

35
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A style used to describe works of art made in the Early Classical period

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Severe Style

36
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The disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part, sometimes called a weight shift

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Contrapposto

37
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The person or entity that pays an artist to produce specified artwork or employs and artist on a continuing basis

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Patron

38
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Greek fro “high city” in Athens, the site of the city’s most important temples

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Acropolis

39
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Architects of the Parthenon

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Iktinos and Kallikrates

40
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Tilt of columns and swelling in the middle parts to make the outlines seem more concave than straight

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Entasis

41
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Known sculptor for his Chryselephantine statues

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Phidias

42
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A stature with a wooden core, covered in gold and ivory

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Chryselephantine

43
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A female figure that functions as a supporting column

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Caryatid

44
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The curved seating of the Greek theaters

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Cavea

45
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Circular dancing space in the theaters where the chorus would dance and sing

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Orchestra

46
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Tent or structure behind the theater serving as a background or a costume room

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Skene

47
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A work of art that depicts a person

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Portrait

48
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The battle between the gods and giants in Greek mythology

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Gigantomachy

49
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The distinctive necklace worn by the Gauls

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Torque

50
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A free-standing roofed space with columns on one side and a wall or rooms in the rear

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Stoa

51
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Admiration of Greek culture or of the Greeks

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Philhellenism

51
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A game in which one flings wine dregs from a cup at a target

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Kottabos

51
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Painting on lime plaster either dry or wet. Also a painting executed in either method

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Fresco

52
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A coffin usually of stone, it literally means “consumer of flesh”

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Sarcophagus

53
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Fired clay that the Etruscans used to make sarcophagai

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Terracotta