Exam 3 Flashcards
Favorite Architect of Caesar Augustus
Vitruvius
Architect who built the great markets
Apollodorus of Damascus
Ancient greek author of Odessy and lliad
Homer
Built Golden house
severus
His bronze equestrian portrait survives to this day
Marcus Aurelius
Murdered brother to protect his own right to throne
Caracalla
Politician who convinced the Athenians to build the Parthenon
Percles
Guided the sculptural program on the Athenian Acropolis
Phidias
Marble column contains reliefs reconting his victories over daciens
Trajan
Modeled his sculture portrait after the Doryphours
Caesar Agustus
Overran Jerusalem and brought back the spoils from the temple
Titus
Popularized the female nude in late classical greek sculptures
Praxiteles
Architect and poet, this Hellenizing emperor was first to war a beard
Hadrian
Issued the Edict of Milan
Costantine
Set up tetrarchy and later “retired” from the emperorship to split in dalmatia
Diocletain
!st painting style
Masonry
2nd painting style
Architectural
3rd Painting style
Ornate
4th Painting style
Intricate
Broad areas of color with decorative elements
Ornate
Walls are “painted away” Painted walls and columns give illusion
Architectural
Walls are faux marble
Masonry
Characterized by combination of the three styles
intricate
weight shift in human figure
Contrapposto
Truth to detail
Verism
spread of greek culture under Alexander the Great
Hellenism
decorative scroll-tyoe (ionic order)
Volute
Decorative vertial ridges or fillets on shaft of column
Fluting
Greek architecture, entire upper portion of building above columns
Entablature
Greek architecture, band of sculptures found above the architrave
Frieze
Doric order, three vertical marks repeated across section
Triglyph
Space between two triglyphs
Metope
base upon which the temple columns stand
Stylobate
Made of gold and ivory
Chryselephantine
battle against the giants
Gigantomachy
Battle against the centaurs
Centauromarchy
Triangluar area of entablature on greek temple
Pediment
temple that is circular in plan
Tholos
raised or “high city”
Acropolis
Large ceramic bowl with wide mouth
Krater
baked clay
Terre Cotta
Archaic sculpture of a standing nude male youth
Kouros
archaic sculpture of a standing young greek female
Kore
Candelabrum having seven branches
Menorah
Circular opening at top of dome
Oculus
Etruscan tomb surmounted by a mound of earth
Tumulus
marketplace or public square
Forum
Large roman house in the city
Domus
Stone facing is made to appear rough and heavy
Rustication
column in shape of female
Caryatid
Form that results when two barrel vaults meet at right angles
Groin vault
curve or bulge in the profiles of a column
entasis
Chamber at center of ancient temple
naos
cut pieces of glass or stone used in detailing mosaics
tesserae
decorative receded panels in the ceiling of a vault
Coffering
power shared by four rules
Tetrarchy
Center hearth and throne room of Mycenean citadel
Megaron
Painting with pigment mixed with hot wax
Encaustic
