Review And Ertruscan Vocab Flashcards

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Principles of art

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Balance 
Harmony 
Variety 
Contrast 
Movement
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Elements of art

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Line 
Form
Color
Texture 
Shape
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Order of the Parthenon

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Doric

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Architects of Parthenon

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Kallikrates and iktonos

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Date of the roman colosseum

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80 bc

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How long did it take to build the roman colosseum

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10 yrs

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Three influences that are combined in the Gemma Augustea

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  • Idealized heroicism of Classical Greek art
  • dramatic action of Hellenistic art
  • roman realism and depiction of historical events
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Earliest amphitheater located?

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Pompeii, Italy

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Where is the fauces located in a Roman house?

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The throat of the house

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First style of roman painting characteristic

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Painted stucco to look like marble

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Second style of roman painting

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Creates 3D world illusion through pictorials

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Third style of roman painting

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Delicate linear fantasies

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Fourth

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Obsession with illusions “irrational fantasies”

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Acroterion

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Architectural ornament placed on a flat base called the acoter or plinth, and mounted the apex of pediment of a building in classical style

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Fibula

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Of unique shape used to fasten a woman’s gown at the shoulder

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Granulation

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Decorative technique in which tiny metal balls are fused to a metal surface

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Necropolis

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Cemeteries in an orderly manner along a network of streets making effect of city of the dead

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Tumulus

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Tomb taking the shape of a mound

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Arcuated gateway

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Became a major architectural type: used by Etruscans and later the Romans Arches

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Chimera

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Monster of Greek invention with head and body of a lion and rail of a serpent and a second head of a goat

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Cista

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Cylindrical container made of sheet bronze with cast handles and feet- used for women’s toilet articles

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Voussoir

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Trapezoidal stone used in early Greece and Mesopotamia