Vocabulary (MIDTERM) Flashcards
The Classical convention of representing standing human figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation on each side of a central axis
contrapposto
A roofing and arching technique in which each course of stone projects inward and slightly beyond the previous layer.
corbelling
A manuscript page
folio
A Roman town center; site of temples and administrative buildings and used as a market or public gathering area.
forum
A figure in _________ _______ usually appears in profile with feet, legs and hips turned to the side but with the torso facing forward.
composite pose
An image created as a devotonal offering to a god or other deity.
votive figure
The use of different sizes for significant or holy figures and those of everyday world to indicate relative importance. The larger the figure, the greater its importance.
hierarchical scale
An instrument with a pointed end, which makes a delicate line or stratch. Used for cuneiform writing.
stylus
An Assyrian protective diety, often depicated as having a human’s head, a body of an ox or a lion
lamassu
A style in which artistis concern themselves with describing the exterior likeness of an object or person, usually by rendering its visible details in a finely executed, meticulous manner
verism
A spiral scroll, as seen on an Ionic capital.
volute
A triangular gable found over major architectural elements
pediment
Lifelike description of the appearance of objects, people, and the natural world. When capitalized as ________, refers to a specific movement in European art during the mid-nineteenth century that associates realism with a social or political message.
realism
a stylistic departure from the realistic appearance of things in order to portray more accurately the ideal essence of things.
idealism
The sacred enclosure in which one or more Greek temples stand.
temenos
A large interior room characterized by many cloed spaced columns that support its roof.
hypostyle hall
Defication of a person or thing. In art, often shown as an ascent to haven or glory, borne by an eaglee, angels, ot putti
apotheosis
Art that does not attempt to describe the appearance of visible forms but rather to transform them into stylized patterns or to alter them in conformity to ideas.
abstract
A sculpture of a draped femaile figure acting as a column supporting an entablature
caryatids
A room in a monastery housing a workshop for writing or copying manuscripts.
scriptorium
