Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Still-wet plaster surface

A

Buon fresco

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2
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Dry plaster surface

A

Fresco secco

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3
Q

Vessels used for pouring liquids

A

Rhytons

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4
Q

Colorfully glazed fine ceramics

A

Faience

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5
Q

The main hall of a Mycenean palace or grand house

A

Megaron

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6
Q

Using largely unworked boulders

A

Cyclopean

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7
Q

Vertical pits 20 to 25 feet deep

A

Shaft grave

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8
Q

Large above-ground burial places

A

Tholos

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9
Q

A vault made by projecting courses of stone

A

Corbeled vault

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10
Q

Layers

A

Courses

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11
Q

Precisely cut blocks of stone

A

Dressed stone/Ashlar

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