Exam 1 - Vocabulary Flashcards
Chamber Tombs
2 or 3 stone built rooms, above ground and visible. Often approached by a corridor
Tholos
Circular Tombs. Huge and above ground. Found in EH.
Pithoi
Large clay containers often used to store food or beverage. EM
Corbeled
A system for supporting courses of masonry or wood by extending successive courses beyond the face of the wall
Stuccoed
A plaster made of lime and/or sand, used to cover the surface of walls to render them smooth.
Apsidal
A plan that ends in a vaulted semicircular end of a building.
Megaron
A type of long house with a porch, a long hall, and a storage room of either apsidal or rectangular plan. Common at Troy and appear later in Greece by 2000 BC.
Urfinis
“Original Finish” Dark shiny gloss that adorned EH pottery.
Chevrons
Ornaments in the shape of an inverted V.
Colonnade
A range of columns supporting an entablature.
Orthostates
An upright slab, taller than normal wall blocks and usually at the foot of a wall; a courseof masonry of such blocks.
Lustral Basins
A small rectangular space, conventionally thought sacred, accessible from above by a short flight of steps.
Light Wells
A small courtyard or shaft inside a building, uncovered to let in light and air.
Elevation
One side or face of a building: a measured drawing of such side, or part of a side
Chalcedony
A translucent variety of quartz.
Sanctuaries
A sacred, defined space, characterized by a boundary wall, temple(s), altars, stoas, treasuries, and which architectural dependencies, in whichreligious activites took place.
Filigree
A metalsmith’s technique using thin wire for decorating.
Granulation
A metalsmith’s technique of soldering globules of gold or silver onto jewelry.
Embossing
A technique of decoration that raises that raises the surface into projecting knobs or studs.
Kantharos
A deep drinking cup with high vertical handles.
Rosettes
An ornament shaped like a rose or circle.
Rubble
Masonry, the stones of which are broken or in rough condition.
Earthquake
1700 BC Ruined earlier palaces at Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, and Zakro, which we all either rebuilt or enlarged
Faience
A quartz-based ceramic-like substance fired at a high temperature and covered with a shiny, glasslike glaze.
Repousse
Metalwork decoration in relief, achieved by beating the metal from behind.
Kamares ware
On the side of Mount Ida in Crete. Sanctuary where pottery was created. Distinctly palatial. White-on-black with rellow red and orange designs.
Registers
In painting, a horizontal band or frieze decorated with ornament or figures.
Minyan Ware
Characteristic of the middle bronze age. First appeared in Lernas in EH. Glossy finish in either gray or yellow. Few shapes. Thick stemmed goblets & two handled bowls.
Ingots
A plate of metal cast in a mold.
Frescoes
A wall painting made by rapid application of colors to plaster while still damp.
Pier
A freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building.
Friezes
The architectural course between the top of the columns and the top of the building.
Tiebeams
A timber tying together rafters or securing masonry.
Ashlar
A masonry style of dressed and coursed rectangular blocks.
Gypsum
A sparkling limestone.
Stylobate
The course of masonry on which columns stand.
Peristyle
A colonnade surrounding a building or a court.
Chryselephantine
Of gold and ivory
Cire Perdue
The “lost-wax” method of making bronze statues.
Rhyta / Rhyton
A ritual pouring vese=sel, sometimes in the shape of an animal head; a drinking horn.
Sistrum
A musical instrument held in the hand and shaken, like a rattle.
Serpentine
A dullish green stone, often mottled.
Chiaroscuro
The use of light and shade to create effects of shape and mass in painting and sculpture.
Votive Offerings
An object dedicated or vowed to a diety.
Stoa
A long, rectangular, colonnaded building familiar in sanctuaries and agoras.
Postern
A small gate or door at the back of a building or complex.
Megalithic
A style of construction characterized by massive, irregularly shaped blocks.
Propyla
A monumental entrance to a sanctuary or other architecural complex.
Entablature
The horizontal architectural members forming the super=structure of a building above the columns.
Ingots
A plate of metal cast in a mold.
Frescoes
A wall painting made by rapid application of colors to plaster while still damp.
Pier
A freestanding, rectangular mass of masonry supporting the superstructure of a building.
Friezes
The architectural course between the top of the columns and the top of the building.
Tiebeams
A timber tying together rafters or securing masonry.
Ashlar
A masonry style of dressed and coursed rectangular blocks.
Gypsum
A sparkling limestone.
Stylobate
The course of masonry on which columns stand.
Peristyle
A colonnade surrounding a building or a court.
Chryselephantine
Of gold and ivory
Cire Perdue
The “lost-wax” method of making bronze statues.
Rhyta / Rhyton
A ritual pouring vese=sel, sometimes in the shape of an animal head; a drinking horn.
Sistrum
A musical instrument held in the hand and shaken, like a rattle.
Serpentine
A dullish green stone, often mottled.
Chiaroscuro
The use of light and shade to create effects of shape and mass in painting and sculpture.
Votive Offerings
An object dedicated or vowed to a diety.
Stoa
A long, rectangular, colonnaded building familiar in sanctuaries and agoras.
Postern
A small gate or door at the back of a building or complex.
Megalithic
A style of construction characterized by massive, irregularly shaped blocks.
Propyla
A monumental entrance to a sanctuary or other architecural complex.
Entablature
The horizontal architectural members forming the super=structure of a building above the columns.
