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How did Ancient Greek knowledge get to medieval Europe?
Ancient Greeks > scholars in Italy fled to Byzantium > Byzantine libraries/schools/scholars > Islamic scholars and centers of learning > Western Europe
Justinian
-reconquered and reclaimed Italy
-had a strong and capable wife
-was educated in Latin and Greek
-loved building projects
-loved the arts
Four books of Justinian Code
- Codex Justinianus
- Digesta
- Institutiones
- Novellae Constitutiones
What is Codex Justinianus?
compilation of laws from earlier Roman empires
What is the Digesta?
compliation of writings from Roman jurists
What is Institutiones?
textbook law for law students
What is Novellae Constitutiones?
new laws enacted by Justinian
Who wrote “The Histories”?
Herodotus
Who wrote “The Republic?”
Plato
Who founded the Lyceum?
Aristotle
Who wrote the “Apology”?
Plato
Who wrote “Politics?”
Aristotle
Who did not have any written works?
Socrates
Who founded the Academy?
Plato
Who wrote “Ethics”?
Aristotle
Who wrote “On the Soul and Poetics?”
Aristotle
Who was famous for teaching in the public places using questioning?
Socrates
Characteristics of Kore/Korai
-6th century
-smooth, rounded muscles and an extended arm
-archaic smile and decorated hairstyle
-paint
Who was the most successful Athenian dramatist?
Sophocles
Thick, simple columns that tapered dramatically
Doric columns
Thinner, more graceful looking columns that tapered slightly
Ionic columns
Three part of the building: architrave, frieze, cornice
entablature
contained sculptured scenes on a building
metope
lots of 3-D in the sculpture
high relief
flatter, less depth, more 2-D in the sculpture
low relief
columns that swell dramatically in the middle, looking like they’re really bearing the weight of the entablature
entasis
the triangle part of the frieze, usually contained sculpture of high or low relief
pediment
columns on all four sides of the building
peristyle
widely available building material
limestone
scarce building material
marble
style name for realistic art that portrays wisdom and age
veristic style
What did Cicero write?
record of the court proceedings which resulted in his exile
Two features that shaped the look of Roman architecture
arch and concrete
Who believed everything has its origins in water
Thales of Miletus
Who believed the world is made up of a single common material: air
Anazimenes
Who believed you can’t step into the same river twice
Heraclitus
Who believed that man is the measure of all things (rather than the divine)
Protagoras
Who believed in the four elements: earth, air, fire, water
Empedocles of Acragas
Who believed matter is made of infinitely small parts
Anaxagoras