II Study List

Question 1

Pro style

Answer 1

Columns across front

Question 2

Amphiprostyle

Answer 2

Columns across front and back

Question 3

Peripteral

Answer 3

Columns around entire building

Question 4

Apotheosis

Answer 4

The act of raising a mortal to the status of a god

Question 5

Arena

Answer 5

A stage area of Roman amphitheater named for the Sand that covers the stage floor to a soy blood from gladiatorial combat
Where body gladiatorial combat and other lively events took place

Question 6

Black figure/ red figure

Answer 6

Technique employed on Greek pottery where the red or black coloring was the result of the firing process on iron rich clay

Question 7

Capitol

Answer 7

Refers to the temple Jupiter ( the capitolium) on the capitoline hill on Rome

Question 8

Constantine

Answer 8

Roman emperor responsible for creating a new capital for the eastern Roman Empire at constantinople . Allowing the practice of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Question 9

Contrapposto

Answer 9

A relaxed standing pose with the weight of the body supported on one leg. Resulting in a “ counter position “ of the body from a symmetrical stance. The leg supporting the body is called the “ engaged leg” and the hip on this side of is higher while the upper torso leans towards the enagaged leg

Question 10

Isocephaly

Answer 10

Equal heads. A design technique of placing heads of figures at the same level in relief sculpture. Used especially on classical architectural sculpture to create a horizontal in harmony with the horizontal elements of the architecture.

Having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

A concept expressed in human form. Represent thing such as time or a place, or abstract ideas such as victory, Liberty or justice

Question 12

Tondo

Answer 12

A circular composition in any medium

Question 13

Versification

Answer 13

Roman portrait type where the subject is completely individualized with no effort to idealized

Question 14

Amphora

Answer 14

A two- handled jar used for general storage purposes, usually to hold wine or oil.

Question 15

Amphitheater

Answer 15

Greek “double theater “ a Roman building type resembling two Greek theater put together.

Question 16

Apotheosis

Answer 16

Elevated to the rank of gods or the accent to heaven

Question 17

Caryatids

Answer 17

A female figure that functions as a supporting column

Question 18

Coffering

Answer 18

A sunken panel, often decorative in a vault of a ceiling

Question 19

Entasis

Answer 19

The convex profile in the shaft of a column

Question 20

Encaustic

Answer 20

A painting techno in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot

Question 21

Engaged column

Answer 21

A half- round column attached to a wall

Question 22

Pilaster

Answer 22

A flat, rectangular, vertical member projecting a wall of which it forms a part.

Question 23

Kore

Answer 23

Young woman , archaic Greek statuary type depicting a young woman

Question 24

Kouros

Answer 24

Greek “ young man” an archaic Greek statuary type depicting a young a man

Question 25

Kylix

Answer 25

An Ancient Greek shallow drinking cup with two handles and a stem

Question 26

Oculus

Answer 26

The round central opening of a dome

Question 27

Terra cotta

Answer 27

Hand - baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted