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Art 112 - Keyterms - Set 3 of 3
Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
10/04/2011

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Cella or naos
Definition
The principal interior room in a greek or roman temple within which the cult statue was usually housed
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Pronaos
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The enclosed vestibule of a greek or roman temple, found in front of the cella and marked by a row of columns at the entrance.
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Peristyle
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A surrounding colonade in greek architecture.

 

building is surrounded by columns

 

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Kore
Definition
Youthful female figure, usually clothed
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Kouros
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Youthful male figures, usually nude
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contrapposto
Definition
twisting body position. weight appears to be on one leg
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Canon
Definition
established rules or standards
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Doric
Definition
fluted or smoothed surface with no base
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Ionic
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has a base, a fluted shaft, and a capital decorated with volutes
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corinthian
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the most ornate of the orders, includes a base, a fluted column shaft, with a capital elaborately decorated with acanthus leaf carvings
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