Greek Art Flashcards
Krater
a bowl for mixing wine and water
amphora
a two-handed jar
bilingual vase
BF, RF, WG
one side black figures and on the other is red
BF- black-figure
RF-red-figure
WG- white-ground
kalos inscription
Kalos and kale (feminine) means beautiful and many times they were written on cups, sometimes sarcastically
prothesis and ekphora
prothesis: display and laying out of the body
ekphora: body transferred and carried to honor the dead
Daedalic style
greek orientalizing sculpture style named after Daedalus during the 7th century
kouros/ kore
one foot in front of the other (like in egypt)
peplos vs. chiton
types of dress for women
chiton- more folds and ruffles
peplos- more simplistic and stream lined
chiasmos
crossing of the diagonals
gigantomachy/amazonomachy/centauromachy
giant- battle of gods and giants
amazon- battle of amazons and gods
centaur- battle of centaurs and gods
severe style
early classical style that used a more subdued naturalistic style in which the subjects would be on the verge of emotion and had expression (archaic smile)
The Canon
Polykleitos, Doryphoros
rule of porportion for buildings and human figures written.
Polykleitos- sculptor
Doryphoros- the title of work sculpted to exemplify the canon
contrapposto
position where one part is turned in opposition (a weight shift)
exomis
a greek tunic
pteron/peripteral/dipteral
greek temple styles (peristyle is a continuous porch formed by collumns)
pteron- a peristyle raised on a podium
peripteral- a single layers of collumns on all sides
dipteral- a double peristyle
