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Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, Roman
Exam #2
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
04/02/2012

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Figure of a Woman

Aegean 3000 - 1100 BCE

Cyclades

1st life size of a female nude

 

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[image]
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Bull Leaping

Crete

Aegean: 3000-1100BCE

 

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[image]
Definition

Landscape (Spring Fresco)

Island of Thera

Aegean: 3000 - 1100BCE

 

1st Pure Landscape

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[image]
Definition

Lions Gate

Mycenae

Aegean: 3000-1100 BCE

Term

[image]

 

Definition

Metropolitan Kouros

Greek: c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Archaic: 600 - 480 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Discus Thrower (Diskobolos)

by Myron

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Early Classical: 480 - 450 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Kritios Boy

Acropolis, Athens

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Early Classical 480 - 450 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Parthenon

Acropolis

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

High Classical 450 - 400 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)

by Polykleitos

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

High Classical 450 - 400 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Aphrodite of Knidos

by Praxiteles

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Late Classical 400 - 323 BCE

 

1st life size female nude

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[image]
Definition

Man Scraping Himself (Apoxyomenos)

by Lysippos

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Late Classical 400 - 323 BCE

 

1st time we see an arm projecting out into space

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[image]
Definition

Theater

Epidaurus

Greek c. 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic: 323 -30 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Dying Gallic Trumpeter

Greek: 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic: 323 - 30 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Lacoon and his Sons

Greek: 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic:323 - 30 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Nike of Samothrace

Sanctuary of the gods, Samothrace

Greek: 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic: 323 - 30 BCE

 

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[image]
Definition

Old Woman

Roman Copy

Greek: 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic: 323 -30 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo)

Greek: 1000 - 30 BCE

Hellenistic: 323 - 30 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Apollo

Temple of Minerva, Portonaccio, VEII

Etruscan: c. 700 -280 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Reclining Couple on a Sarcophagus

from Cerveteri

Etruscan: c. 700 - 280 BCE

 

1st time we see the deceased depicted as "happy".

Term
[image]
Definition

Aqueduct

Pont du Gard

Roman: c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

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[image]
Definition

Augustus of Primaporta

Roman: c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

 

1st Emperor of Rome (Octavius)

Term

[image]

 

Definition

Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum)

Roman c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

Term
[image]
Definition

Pantheon "All the gods"

built by Hadreon

Roman c. 200 BCE -395 CE

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[image]
Definition

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Roman: c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

depicted as a philosopher

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[image]
Definition

Arch of Constantine

Roman c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

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[image]
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Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

Roman: c. 200 BCE - 395 CE

 

Largest roof interior of rome

Last important building erected in Rome

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Apse
Definition
Round / circular extension on a building (basilica)
Term
Arcade
Definition
 A series of arches.
Term
Barrel vault
Definition
Extending the arch, creates a hall like arch structure
Term
Basilica
Definition
large rectangular building with rounded extension at the end (apse).
Term
Black figure style
Definition
dark shapes define the silhouettes of the animals against a pale background
Term
caryatids
Definition
columns carved in the form of clothed women with their gowns, on raised pedestals
Term
clearstory
Definition
The topmost zone of a wall with windows in a basilica extending above the aisle roofs. Provides direct light into the central interior space (the nave).
Term
coffers
Definition

a recessed decorative panel that is used to reduce the weight of and to decorated ceilings or vaults.

 

Sunken panel.

Term
contrapposto
Definition
the pose that results from setting parts of the body in opposition to each other around a central axis.
Term
corinthian order
Definition

ornate, includes a base, fluted column shaft with a capital elaborately decorated with acantus leaf carvings.

It's entablature has an architrave decorated with moldings, a frieze often containing sculture reliefs, and a cornice with dentils.

Term
doric order
Definition
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Doric order
Definition
the shaft can be fluted or smooth-surfaced and has no base. The capital has an undecorated echinus and abacus. The doric entablature has a plain architrave, a freze with metopes and triglyphs, and a simple cornice.
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facade
Definition
The face or front wall of a building.
Term
fresco (buon)
Definition

applie pigments to wet plaster

 

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frieze
Definition

the middle element of an entablature, between the architrave and the cornice.

Usually decorated with sculpture and or painting.

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gold leaf
Definition
paper-thin sheets of hammered goldthat are used in gilding.
Term
groin vault
Definition
two barrel vaults connected
Term
idealism
Definition
assert that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.
Term
Ionic Order
Definition

has a base, a fluted shaft, and a capital decorated with volutes.

Ionic entablature consists of an architrave of three panels and moldings, a frieze with usually containing sculpted relief ornament, and a cornice with dentils.

Term
kore
Definition
an Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
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kouros
Definition
an Arhaic Greek statue of a young man or boy.
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nave
Definition
the central space of a basilica, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles.
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oculus
Definition
circular opening, usually at the top of a dome
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pediment
Definition
a triangular gable found over major architectural elements.
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peristyle
Definition
a surrounding colonnade in Greek architecture.
Term
realism
Definition
depicts what is seen in nature or reality
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red-figured style
Definition
red clay colored figures against a black background
Term
rhyton
Definition
vessel used for puring liquids during sacred ceremonies
Term
Aegean
Definition
3000-1100 BCE
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Greek
Definition
c. 1000-30 BCE
Term
Archaic
Definition
600 - 480 BCE
Term
Early Classical
Definition
480 - 450 BCE
Term
High Classical
Definition
450 - 400 BCE
Term
Late Classical
Definition
400 - 323 BCE
Term
Hellenistic
Definition
323 -30 BCE
Term
Etruscan
Definition
c. 700 - 280 BCE
Term
Roman
Definition
c. 200 BCE - 395 CE
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