Art Of Ancient Aegean

Question 1

Painting technique where water based paints pigments are applied to plaster surface

Answer 1

Fresco

Question 2

Another term for Ashlar

Answer 2

Dressed stone

Question 3

Highly finished, precisely cut block of stone; often used as facing on outside of building, especially as venner for façade

Answer 3

Ashlar

Question 4

Fresco on wet plaster surface

Answer 4

Buon fresco

Question 5

Fresco on dry plaster surface

Answer 5

Fresco seco

Question 6

Colorfully glazed fine ceramic

Answer 6

Faience

Question 7

Vessels used for pouring liquids

Answer 7

Rhyton

Question 8

Architectural unit that was axial in plane

Answer 8

Megaron

Question 9

Method of construction using huge blocks of rough-hewen stone

Answer 9

Cyclopean

Question 10

Series of stone blocks arched on flanking colums and piers

Answer 10

Arch

Question 11

Deep pit that’s 20-25 feet deep; used for burials

Answer 11

Shaft grave

Question 12

Small, round building; sometimes built underground

Answer 12

Tholos

Question 13

Corbled vault shaped like beehive and covered by earthen mound

Answer 13

Beehive tomb

Question 14

Horizontal layers of stone user in a building

Answer 14

Courses

Question 15

Bowl for mixing water and wine

Answer 15

Krater

Question 16

Delicate decor with fine wires

Answer 16

Filigree

Question 17

Minute balls of precious materials used for underlying forms

Answer 17

Granulation

Question 18

Gently pushed up relief in sheet of gold

Answer 18

Repoussé

Question 19

Process where powdered niello is used to make lines that look like drawings

Answer 19

Niello

Question 20

Application of gold to an object of another material

Answer 20

Gilding