HIST - Greek Flashcards
rose from the Dorians who overwhelmed the Myceneans; flourished on the Greek peninsula; characterized by a system of construction based on rules of form and proportion
Greek Art
characterized by movement; towards increasing naturalness and freedom of form; use of loss-wax method and bronze casting
Severe Style
contrary positions of the arms and legs
Contrapposto
a Greek pottery style that is characterized by rectilinear meander patterns.
Geometric Style
a Greek pottery style characterized by the assimilation of Eastern iconography
Orientalizing Style
a Greek pottery style in __________ period, where the artist painted the figure in black silhouette with a slip made in clay, is called ____________
Archaic Period; Black-Figure
a Greek pottery style in __________ period, where the artist painted the figure in red against a black background, is called ____________
Late Archaic to Classical; Red-Figure
a Greek pottery style in __________ period, where the artist painted the figure in black on a whitewash of clay as the background, is called ____________
Classical to Late Classical; White-Ground
an arrangement of a particular style of column together with entablature, and standardized details, including base and capital
Orders in Greek Architecture
the earliest of the orders that is also the most massive; the column has no base, has a fluted shaft, and plain capital
Doric
lighter than doric; has a fluted shaft, a base, and a volute capital
Ionic
a variant of ionic with its plinth and fluted shaft, and distinctive ornate capital
Corinthian
the topmost step of three before the base of a column
Stylobate
the column itself is composed of individual sections (drums) and concave grooves (fluting) with a base and a capital
Shaft
the topmost structural member of a column
Capital
a snug band at the top of the shaft
Necking
a flat, curved element like a plate, with rounded sides
Echinus
a flat square above the echinus
Abacus
forms the lintel; an elaborate horizontal band and molding above the column
Entablature
a triangular gable usually having a horizontal cornice, with raked cornices on each side surmounting
Pediment
the technique applied on columns which do not taper in a straight light; thus bulged outward about 1/3 of the way up from the base
Entasis
small, flat, plain surface used to separate other moldings
Fillet
a wide, straight surface
Fascia
convex curved surface; quarter-circle; often with egg-and-dart motif
Ovolo
