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Roman World and celtic Flashcards

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stucco

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imitation of greek marble

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Ionic engaged columns

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attached half columns

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Pseudoperiptoral

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distinctly roman, mix of greek and Etruscan

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forum

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the center of civic life in any Roman life

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capitolium

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a triple shrine to Jupiter, Juno, Minerva

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first style

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decorators aim was to imitate expensive marble panels using stucco relief, not roman

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second style

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Roman, aimed to dissolve a room’s conforming walls and replace them with the illusion of an imaginary 3-d world

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stenographia

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scene-painting

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atmospheric perspective

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illusion of depth Is achieved by the increasingly blurred appearance of objects in the distance

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third style

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adorned walls with delicate linear fantasies sketched on predominantly monochromatic backgrounds

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fourth style

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crowded and confused compositions mixing fragmentary architectural vitas, framed panel paintings, and motifs favored in the first and third styles

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portraiture

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portraits of living people and famous historical figures

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still life

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painting of inanimate objects, artfully arranged

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republican roman

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509-27 BCE

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gravitas

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seriousness, deep

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roman temples were made of…

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…some marble, walls were made from easy to get sedimentary rock

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Etruscan, greek, and roman temples all…

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…use post-and-lintel construction

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romans were more worried about…

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…the functionality of buildings

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arch

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curved opening

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vault

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curved ceiling, alternative to post-and-lintel

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romans invented…

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…concrete

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binder agent for buildings

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pozzolana cement

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Roman republic models…

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…late Hellenistic greek period

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august ion (principate)

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27 BCE-14 CE

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Julio-Claudian

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14-68 CE

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Flavian

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69-96 CE

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Early Roman Empire

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27 BCE-6 CE

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Augustus of Primaporta

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marble, presumed bronze original, combines classical, hellenistic, and roman republican idols

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cuirass

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armor that resembles musculature, usually breast plates

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pedigree

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family tree

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Pax Romana

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peace of the Romans

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tellus

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earth goddess

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Tellus frieze…

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…classicizing style, deliberate use of early High Classical style

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eclectic

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broad, little of this, little of that

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colosseum

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built as a public building for various types ion public entertainment, corinthian, ionic and doric, groin vaults for lighting and movement for 40,000-50,000 ppl

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triumphal arch

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an important type of Roman commemorative monument

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composite capital

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combines corinthian and ionic decorations

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torque

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necklace, meant high status

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virtus

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virtue

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verism

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hyperrealism in sculpture, the naturally occurring features of the subject are exaggerated, often to the point of absurdity

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imagines

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death masks of ancestors that were kept and displayed by family

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buon fresco

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ground up pigments are applied to wet plaster

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porphyry

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extremely expensive, semi-precious stone

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roundels

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scenes set in round frames

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pan-all
theos-gods

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pantheon-all gods

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tepidarium

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warm

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caldarium

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hot

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frigidarium

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cold

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palestras

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colonnaded exercise courts

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natatro

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giant swimming pools

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tetrarchy

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rule by four

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nave

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central space

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side aisles

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defined by colonnades

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apse (s)

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the rounded projection (s)

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clerestory levels

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for light

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repousse

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relief hammered from the reverse side

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liminal

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on the edges fringes

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spolia

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material recycled from earlier monuments

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