Key terms Flashcards by Hal Ferrier

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Chronological/diadonic

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organised by period

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Contextual/thematic

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continuity or change

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Relative chronology

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placing examples relative to one another

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Primary sources

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ancient sources in the form of archaeology, literature, histiography

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Secondary sources

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modern sources in the form of monographs, articles, textbooks

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Material culture

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place and time, creators change

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Findspot

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where was it found?

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Provenance

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Where was it made? Who made it?

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Kouroi

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standing nude male

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Korai

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Standing clothed female

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Horror vacue

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fear of the void

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Knielaufschema

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knee-running pose

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Kalokagathaia

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beauty and goodness

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Arete

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virtue and excellence

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Chiton

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drapes made of linen

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Himation

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heavy woolen robe

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Temple

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houses the image of the deity

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Cella/naos

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main area of the temple where the deity is stored

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Pronaos

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porch leading into the temple

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Prostyle

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the building itself with columns

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Antefixes

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fancy drainpipes

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Architrave

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supporting element

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Frieze

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a series of metopes

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Tryglyph

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projecting ends of roof beams

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Apotropaic

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images on the temples to ward off evil spirits

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Akroteria

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roof ornament

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Koine

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common artistic style

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Sphyrelaton

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wooden core with a bronze casing

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Anakalypis

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hand-to-vail gesture

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Order

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aesthetic formula of the style

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Entablature

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everything above the capital

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Adyton

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backroom where priests would store offerings

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Intercolumniation

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space between the columns

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Peleus and Thetis

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Achilles’ parents

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Bilingual

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both back and red-figure

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Pioneers

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first to learn craft entirely from red-figure, they initially appear in 520

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Euthymides

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one of the two most important pioneers

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Komos

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drunken revel

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Astyanax

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Hector’s son

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Neoptolomos

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Achilles’ son

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Contraposta

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counter-pose

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Quadriga

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4 horse chariot

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Chryselephantine

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made of ivory and gold