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| large Greek storage vase with an oval body usually tapering toward the base, and two handles extending from just below the lip to the shoulder. The plural form is amphorae |
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| an object that the person or figure depict in the work would be holding or carrying, statuette of palaikastro and phrasikleia kore can be seen with them |
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| 750 - 450 BC see the rise of more realistic sculpture in kouros, more mythical themes in the work |
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| in architecture, a plan in which the parts of a building are organized longtitudinally, or along a given axis |
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| Common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, Figures and ornaments were painted on the body of the vessel. Delicate contours were craved into the paint before firing, and details could be reinforced and highlighted with opaque colors, usually white and red, seen in Nessos Amphora |
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| Mythical creature combining the legs of a horse and the body of a man. Mythical creature that is first seen in the terracota centaur from lefkandi |
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| A technique in sculpture that combines gold and ivory. Very rare to use such precious metals so it would only be used in special circumstances, seen in the statuette of palaikastro |
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| a valut that is rounded at the top made by having each new row of bricks move more forward than the last seen in the treasury of atreus |
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| the earliest age in greek art most work is neolithic 3000-2000 BC, took place in the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea was quickly replaced by the minoan culture just south in crete |
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| Found in mycenaean culture seen in the walls surrounding the lion gate, used rough unfinished stones that were held together without the use of mortar, typically the stones were so large it was as if only a cyclops could move them |
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| part of the greek funerary process, deceased were brought to the cemetery in a procession, which usually took place just before dawn |
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| all of homers writing were epic poems, long stories told in rhyme, often they would be told be nomads in turn for a night at someone's home |
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| a technique for glazing earthenware and other ceramic vessels by using a quartz paste seen in minoan snake goddess figurines |
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| a technique in which a scene or figure would be painted onto wet plaster so as it was drying the colors would be absorbed into the plaster and make the painting more sturdy and protect it from wear and tear can be seen in the frescos of the men jumping over bulls |
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| phase characterised largely by geometric motifs in vase painting and amphora work, large bands of geometric shapes and figures seen in the nessos amphorara |
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| An ancient Aegean Bronze Age civilization, usually called Mycenaean, ca. 2800-1100 BC). The precursor to Greek civilization, and roughly of the same time frame as Minoan. Main land greece |
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| a shrine dedicated to an ancient Greek or Roman hero and used for the commemoration or cult worship of the hero seen in the heroon of lekandi |
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| Refers to any work of art that has been left in its original place and in it's original state such as the citadel of mycenae |
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| A scuplture of the ideal woman, or girl, popular in arachic period always dressed, very colorful and elaborate braids |
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| Sculptures depicting a youthful man, always naked, ideal man, heavily defined muscle and usually in the middle of moving forward |
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| a type of vase usually used to hold wine, opposite of amphora wide top thin bottom, like nester's cup |
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| a coastal village on the island of Euboea gave the heroon and the terracotta centaur |
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| is 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. |
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| arose on the island of Crete big influence on the cyclades |
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| when relatives would come visit the dead in their homes part of the funerary process part of the nessos amphora |
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| mostly seen in pottery, decoration of these pots is restricted to purely abstract elements and is best characterized by broad horizontal bands |
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| a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief seen in the mask of agamemnon |
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| Schliemann was an archaeological excavator of Troy |
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| An outline filled with a solid color, typically black on a white ground seen in protocorinthisn olpe chigi vase |
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| a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none nester's cup |
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| island south of cyclades that had a horrible volcano eruption that totaled the island |
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| a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent. |
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