Art history Exam II Flashcards
storage vessel, characterized by 2 handles on the neck and an upside-down tear drop
shape
Amphora
the center of classical Athens. Acropolis, meaning high hill, is where the Parthenon,
Propylaea, Temple of Nike, Erechtheum, and more are found.
Acropolis
In Roman architecture, a standard type of rectangular building with a large, open
interior. Early church architecture. Principle elements are nave, clerestory, aisle, and apse.
Basilica
a sculpted female figure serving as architectural support elements
Caryatid
A pose that suggests the potential for movement, and thus life, in a standing
human figure. Developed by sculptors in ancient Greece,
Contrapposto
Aboriginal religious beliefs in which ancestral beings emerged
from Earth and where the spirit is reabsorbed after death.
Dreamtime/Dreaming
In Classical architecture, the slight swelling or bulge built into the center of a
column to make the column seem straight visually.
Entasis
A prized medium in many Pacific peoples and First Nation Americans,
due to being sacred for the gods, and for their natural vibrant range of colors.
Featherwork
Literally “Greek-like” or “based in Greek culture.” Descriptive of the art produced
in Greece and in regions under Greek rule or cultural influence from 323 BCE. until the rise of
the Roman Empire in the final decades of the 1st century BCE.
Three broad trendsa continuing classicism; a new style characterized by dramatic emotion and
turbulence; and a closely observed realism
Hellenistic
In Byzantine and later Orthodox Christian art, a portrait of a sacred person or an image of
a sacred event.
Icon
a vessel used for wine. Often hollow all the way through to pour wine onto the grave
for the dead.
Krater
a precious stone with brilliant blue coloring found in ancient Mesopotamia, now
mined in modern Afghanistan.
Lapis Lazuli
Greek for “Ruler of All.” A standard element of later Byzantine iconography, emphasizes the divine, awe-inspiring, even terrifying majesty of Christ as
opposed to his gentle, approachable, human incarnation as Jesus.
Pantokrater
the ground is painted black, while
figures are left unpainted.
Red figure
with black figures painted on a red
ground
Black figure
