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Art history greek art
questions about greek art
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Literature
11th Grade
10/03/2011

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what is a krater?
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large open vase
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What is the oldest Greek design?
Definition
meander key
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What is an amphora?
Definition
two handled storage jar
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What does horri vacuui mean?
Definition
fear of empty space because something evil might take over the pot
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The male sculpture from the archaic period was called ____.
Definition
kouros
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What is an encaustic?
Definition
painting with melted wax
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What does Peplos mean?
Definition
the garment that the females wore
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What does fluted mean?
Definition
concave carving that creates shadows and lines
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____is a swelling of columns.
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entasis
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What is the word for the oldest most popular roof?
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gabled roof
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What is the pediment?
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the triangle
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The ______was a comibnation figure of female and dragon type creature.
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gorgon figure
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Who was the overseer of the elgin marbles?
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phidias
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What kind of people are in hellenistic art?
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old or young
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What kind of people are in classical art?
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young
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When you can see the body through the clothing it is called_____.
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wet drapery
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A ______is a female figure used as a column?
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caratyid
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What is teh orchestra?
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stage
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What is teh theatron?
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seats
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_____was tiny chips of marble.
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mosaic
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Which was older: black figure or red figure?
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black figure
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What does contrapposta mean?
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counters the pose
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What is teh lost wax process called?
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ceri perdue
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Explain ceri perdue.
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wood-clay-wax leaves and bronze fills in the space
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The top of the city was known as the _____.
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acropolis
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What three people were asscoitated with building the Parthenon?
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pericles, itkinos, and kallikrates
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The ____is the face of a builiding.
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facade
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The ___is a porch.
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portico
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What are colonnades?
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rows of columns
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_____are columns on the front.
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prostyle
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_____are columns on the front and back.
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amphirostyle
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_____are columns going all teh way around.
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peristyle
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A ____is a room with a sculpture of athena.
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cella
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What are three differences in the greek and egyptian art?
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greek has negative space, the head is not in proportion, and they are nude; the egyptians do not have negative space, the head is in proportion, and they have clothes
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