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Art History Week 5
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Undergraduate 1
09/26/2017

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Megaron 

Definition
Greek for “large room”; principally to denote a rectangular hall, usually supported by columns and preceded by a porch, traditionally in ancient Greek and Mycenean times
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Faïence 

Definition
earthenware or pottery decorated with brightly colored glazes
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Corbeling 

Definition
brick or masonry courses (horizontal layers), each projecting beyond, and supported by, the one below it. Two corbels meet to form an arch or vault.
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Cyclopaean masonry

Definition
stone construction using large, irregular blocks without mortar
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Repoussée

Definition
in metalwork, decorated with patterns in relief made by hammering on the reverse side
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Foreshortening 
Definition
 the use of perspective to represent a single object extending back in space at an angle to the picture plane
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Contrapposto 

Definition
a stance of the human body in which one leg bears the weight while the other is relaxed and bent, creating asymmetry in the hip-shoulder axis, which suggests the potential for movement in the figure.
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Kore 

Definition
Greek word for maiden; an Archaic Greek statue of a standing female, usually clothed
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Kouros 

Definition
Greek word for young man; an Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male youth
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