Greece Flashcards
Idealized
Better looking than normal people, sometimes the best someone can look.
Registers
information in bands in a work of art.
Tholos
A circular structure
White Ground
Ceramics with white figures and a white background
Entableture
lintel part of column usually with relief carvings
Pediment
triangular structure at the top of a column
Archaic smile
smile seen only in sculptures from the archaic period
Corinthian Order
Thin column with acanthus leaf capitol.
Contrapposto
casual pose, creates s shape of the body, all weight is put on one leg
Theater
Wide open space seating thousands, used for expression and religious purposes.
Polytheistic
believing in multiple gods
Portico
The main entrance to a greek temple, usually consists of columns in a post and lintel structure.
Column
round structure usually supporting a roof with a base an capital
Base
The bottom part of a column
Propalaia
Found in the Acropolis of Athens, Doric order style building with ionic entableture on the inside.
Kore
atchaic statue of women
Columnade
series of columns in a straight line usually with entableture on top
Drum
sections making up a doric style order
Panathenatic way
The sacred way to a greek temple
Rosettes
flowers found on ceramics during the oriental period
Fluting
pointy edges on an order
Orthogonal city plan
planing of housing in a mathematic and geometric way
Kouros
archaic statue of men
Volute krater
krater vase with spiraled handles
canon of polykleitos
6 1/2-7 heads
Acanthus leaves
the capitol of corinthian order columns
Cella
part of a temple where the image of a god is placed
Black Figure
controlling the oxegyn and heat in a kiln creates this figure, made from slip
Bouleuterion
seat of an olympian senate
Frieze
a continuos picture meant to represent motion or a scene in motion ussually alon entableture.
Capital
top of a column
Foreshortening
further back things are lower relief closer things are higher relief
Expressionism
expressing a feeling through a piece of art/act
Acropolis
city on top of a hill
Fillet
flat edges on columns
Volute scroll
capital on an ionic order
Stoa
a columnade roofed building
Caryatid
Female figure in place of a column
Ionic
Flute and fillet, base and voluted capital
Agora
public area
battle between the gods and the giants
archaic sculpture
shows expressionalism
Temple of Hera
archaic
shows devotion to gods
Ajax and Ekelies playing a game
Archaic
by Exekias