Art History "Greek" Flashcards
Frieze
A horizontal band, decorated with moldings or patterns, either painted or carved, usually at the upper end of a wall
contrapposto
technique of sculpting a human figure in a pose that shows the weight of the body in balance, the engaged leg is in the forward position
Entablature
The upper part of an architectural order, being the part placed above the columns, usually constituent of architrave, frieze, and cornice
Pediment
The triangular area over the entablature in Classical Greek architecture, formed by the ends of a sloping roof and the cornice; the upper portion
Architrave
The main horizontal beam at the bottom of an entablature
Cornice
Any projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building, wall, arch, etc; also, the topmost projecting part of an entablature in a Classical Greek building
Metope
The carved or plain areas between the Triglyphs in the frieze of a Doric building
Triglyph
A group of three vertical ridges alternating with a plain metope in the frieze of a Greek Doric building
Entasis
The subtle convex swelling of a Classical Greek column shaft
Caryatid
A support or column in the form of a human figure, usually female
Encaustic
A method of painting on a ground, with colors dissolved in hot wax
Amphora
A storage jar having an egg-shaped body, a foot and two handles, each attached at the neck and shoulders of the jar
Hydria
A large jug used to carry water
Personification
Aspects of nature assumes human characteristics and forms through their gods
Capital
The top element of a column
Base
The bottom element of a column
Polis
A Greek city-state
Terra Cotta
Reddish earthen-ware clay
Democratic
The Greeks had this kind of society
Athens
The center of Greek culture
Acropolis
Stood above the city of Athens
Was crowned with temples
Polis
Athens was a Greek city-state, also known as this
Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic
The three eras of sculpture/art
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Three systems of construction
