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Vocab Quiz 2 Flashcards

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Kritios Boy

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The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is considered the precursor to the later classical sculptures of athletes.

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contrapposto

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The position of a figure in painting or sculpture in which the hips and legs are turned in a different direction from that of the shoulders and head

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Polykleitos

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Greek sculptor and architect known for his bronze and marble statues of athletes.

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Perikles

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Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens’ political and cultural supremacy in Greece

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Kouros

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Definition

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Kore

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Red Figure

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Black Figure

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pot shard

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Propylaia

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Panathanaea

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Erychtheon

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Parthenon

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Architectural Orders

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Corinthian

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Doric

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Ionic

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Volutes

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Fluting

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King Minos

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Minotaur

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A bull-man mythical creature believed to have lived in the labyrinth of Knossos. Also known in Mesopotamia

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Knossos

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Linear A and B

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ancient languages of Minoa among the oldest in the world. Linear B has been deciphered

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Cycladic Idol

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Pithoi Jars

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Megaron

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a small sanctuary room. For example the Queen’s megaton in Knossos palace

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Wet and Dry Fresco

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painting wet or dry plaster with minerals such that the minerals seep into the plaster making this a very permanent form of art

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tumulus

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Faiance

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a low fire glass and quartz technique used to create sculpture such as the snake goddess. This technique was also used in Egypt to glaze pottery and later became associated with enamel

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Cybele

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A sacred goddess of fertility and crops in Anatolia and Greece. Depicted with lions

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propylon

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Colonnade

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a row of columns

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Peristyle Hall

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Stylobate

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Cella

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beehive tombs

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tombs used by Myceneans using corralling such that no scaffolding was needed

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composition

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size and scale

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Hydria

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Lekythos

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Acropolis

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realism

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humanism

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proportion

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