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