Test 1 Flashcards
- Austria
- made of limestone
- Paleolithic
- 24000 BCE
- Lascaux Cave
- France
- Pigment on limestone
- Paleolithic
- 15000 BCE
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- Turkey
- Diagram of a House, Catal Hoyuk
- Neolithic
- 7400-6200 BE
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- Salisbury Plain,Europe
- Sarsens
- Neolithic
- 2900-1500 BCE
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- Sippar, Iraq
- limestone
- Ancient Near East
- 2254-2218 BCE
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- Uruk
- alablaster
- Ancient Near east
- 3300-3000 BCE
Cromlech
a megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones
Post and lintel construction
system with a lintel, header, or architrave as the horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical columns, pillars, or posts
Trilithon
is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). It is commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments
Cuneiform
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets
Ziggurat
a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
Mastaba
an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet (5–6 m), consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings
sarcophagus
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Ka
a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death
Hypostyle
having a roof supported by pillars, typically in several rows
Pylon
an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance, in particular
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- Hierakonpolis
- green schist
- Early Dynastic Period
- 2950 BCE
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- Giza
- diorite
- Old Kingdom
- 2520-2494 BCE
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- Saqqara
- painted limestone
- Old Kingdom
- 2450-2325 BCE
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- Karnak
- New Kingdom
- 1579-1075 BCE
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- Deir el-Bahri
- red granite
- New Kingdom
- 1473-1458 BCE
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- Deir el-Bahri
- New Kingdom
- 1473-1458 BCE
Obelisk
a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark.
Tholos
is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones
Dromos
the passage to an ancient Egyptian or Mycenaean subterranean tomb
Frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
Megaron
the great hall of the Grecian palace complexes. It was a rectangular hall, fronted by an open, two-columned porch, and a more or less central, open hearth vented though an oculus in the roof above it and surrounded by four columns
Amphora
a tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck
Kouros
an archaic Greek statue of a young man, standing and often naked
Kore
an archaic Greek statue of a young woman, standing and clothed in long loose robes.
Doric
relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding
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Ionic
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- normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform; The cap is usually enriched with egg-and-dart.
Corinthian
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Volute
a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
Fluted
from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning “tall, slender wine glass”
Acanthus Leaf
an architectural ornament, as in the Corinthian capital, resembling the leaves of this plant
Metope
a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Triglyph
a tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves. Triglyphs alternate with metopes.
Taotie
is a motif commonly found on Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou dynasty
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- Akhetaten
- painted limestone
- Amarna Period
- 1353-1336 BCE
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- marble
- Cyclades
- Cycladic
- 2600-2400 BCE
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- Knossos, Crete, New Palace
- Minoan
- 1700-1450 BCE
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Knossos, Crete
- serpentine
- Minoan
- 1550-1450 BCE
- Mycenae
- limestone
- carved relieving triangle
- Mycenaean
- 1250 BCE
-Dipylon Cemetery
-Athens
-ceramic
-Geometric period
750 BCE
- Doic
- Ionic
- Corinthian
-Archaic Period
- Anavysos
- painted marble
- Archaic Period
- 530 BCE
- Death of Sarpedon
- red-figure decoration on calyx krater
- ceramic
- Archaic Period
- 515 BCE
- Greek
- bronze
- Early Classical Period
- 460-450 BCE
- Acropolis
- Athens
- pentelic marble
- High Classical Period
- 447-432 BCE
- Procession
- Ionic frieze within Doric peristyle
- Parthenon
- marble
- High Classical Period
- 447-432 BCE
- Doryphorus
- Roman copy of bronze original
- marble
- High Classical Period
- 450 BCE
- Apoxyomenos
- Roman copy of bronze original
- marble
- 350-325 BCE
- Late Classical Period
- Dying Gaul
- Roman copy of lost bronze original
- marble
- Hellenistic Period
- 220 BCE
- Sanctuary of the Great Gods
- Samothrace
- marble
- Hellenistic Period
- 180 BCE
- Mohenjo-Daro
- steatite
- Indus Valley Civilization
- 2600-1900 BCE
- Sanchi
- enlarged
- Buddhism in India
- 150-50 BCE
-Karle
-Buddhism in India
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- Tomb 1004
- Shang Dynasty
- Anyang
- cast bronze
- Ancient China
- 1150 BCE
- Mawangdui
- colors on silk
- Ancient China
- 160 BCE
- La Venta
- Mesoamerica: Olmec
- 900-400 BCE
- Nigeria
- terra cotta
- Africa: Nok
- 500 BCE-200 CE
