Exam 2 Terms

Question 1

Polychromy

Answer 1

multiple colors

Question 2

Paint Shadow

Answer 2

tells us where on the statue the paint has been

Question 3

Raking Light

Answer 3

light coming from an acute angle or the side; used to identify paint shadow

Question 4

Chromophobia

Answer 4

fear of admitting that Greek and Roman statuary was painted

Question 5

Infrared light

Answer 5

makes blues sparkle; way of identifying where paint was and what color it was

Question 6

x-ray fluorescence analysis

Answer 6

identifies pigment compounds and therefore tells color

Question 7

Raman spectroscopy

Answer 7

measures molecular vibrations to identify organic dyes

Question 8

Delamination

Answer 8

when paint peels off and turns to dust

Question 9

cultural chauvinism

Answer 9

thinking that one culture is automatically better than another

Question 10

krater

Answer 10

for mixing wine and water for parties

Question 11

centaur

Answer 11

half man half horse

Question 12

homer

Answer 12

wrote the Iliad, about battle of Troy, and the Odyssey

Question 13

black-figure painting

Answer 13

when artists incised linear details into black-glazed silohuettes

Question 14

Daedalic

Answer 14

style of sculpting from Crete

Question 15

Kouros

Answer 15

staue, life-size, of male youth

Question 16

Kore

Answer 16

Female version of a Kouros

Question 17

cella

Answer 17

core of a temple; houses the statue

Question 18

peristyle

Answer 18

columns all the way around a temple

Question 19

pediment

Answer 19

triangular, upper part of columns used for decoratoin

Question 20

trigylph

Answer 20

3 stripes in the Doric order

Question 21

metope

Answer 21

square place between the triglyphs, sometimes blank and sometimes decorated

Question 22

Doric

Answer 22

more of a plain order of column, associated with West, simplicity and strength

Question 23

Ionic

Answer 23

more decorated, associated with east, more about decoration than strength

Question 24

Echinus

Answer 24

smaller part of column capital in Doric order, way to date a temple

Question 25

Apotropaic

Answer 25

something that is meant to turn you away; something scary

Question 26

gigantomachy

Answer 26

battle of gods and giants

Question 27

caryatid

Answer 27

female figures used as columns

Question 28

red Figure painting

Answer 28

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Question 29

bilingual vases

Answer 29

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Question 30

foreshortening

Answer 30

showing less depth, showing it closer

Question 31

symposium

Answer 31

drinking party for men

Question 32

kylix

Answer 32

shape of pottery that is used to drink out of

Question 33

demos

Answer 33

Greek body of people that would be voting and making decisions

Question 34

centauromachy

Answer 34

battle of the centaurs

Question 35

parthenon

Answer 35

treasury of Athens at Acropolis, temple of Athena Parthenos

Question 36

optical corrections

Answer 36

trying to correct for things looking weird because they’re so big

Question 37

entasis

Answer 37

bulge in columns; optical correctoin

Question 38

Nike

Answer 38

victory

Question 39

amazonomachy

Answer 39

battle between athenians and amazons

Question 40

frieze

Answer 40

continuous band above columns, sometimes blank and sometimes decorated

Question 41

propylaea

Answer 41

grand entrane to acropolis

Question 42

contrapposto

Answer 42

counter-balance; weight is on one hip, one leg tense and one is bent

Question 43

canon

Answer 43

ideal proportions

Question 44

white-ground pottery

Answer 44

white background; can use more colors

Question 45

corinthian capital

Answer 45

most ornate, decorated capital but no order, rows of leaves; used mostly on interiors

Question 46

tholos

Answer 46

round structure or temple

Question 47

dipteral

Answer 47

two rows of columns all around a temple; double peristyle

Question 48

Stoa

Answer 48

a portico or roofed colonnade

Question 49

aidos

Answer 49

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Question 50

sophrosyne

Answer 50

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