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Humanities 1
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Undergraduate 1
10/15/2009

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Canon of Proportion
Definition
Mathematical ratio used to form ideal works of art
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Classical Style
Definition
Idealization, very ordered and rational, came After archaic period
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Agora
Definition
Market place for men
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Acropolis
Definition
Focal point of greek city
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Golden Mean
Definition
Idea of perfection and proportionality
Ex: Parthenon
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Greek Orders
Definition
Columns
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Doric
Definition
plain and straight
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Ionic
Definition
Plain with scrolls
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Corinthian
Definition
column with complex design
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Iconography
Definition
study of ages and their significance
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Classical
Definition
period of greek art (Idealization)
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Contropposto
Definition
Weight shifted on one leg, body makes S shape
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Post and Lintel
Definition
Post is vertical, lintel is horizontal TT
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vault
Definition
Closed in arch or extended arch
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Dome
Definition
like the metrodome
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Basilica
Definition
law court
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Barrel Vault
Definition
Vault appears to be in a log shape
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Groin vault
Definition
two barrel vaults connected
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Drum
Definition
supports the dome (base)
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Tragedy
Definition
serious play with topic of universal importance
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Polis
Definition
Greek city states banning together to fight Persians
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Peloponnesian war
Definition
Athens v Sparta 430-404 b.c
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Sophist
Definition
Paid to teach people how to speak well
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New learners
Definition
Use of reason to discern laws and truth
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Pericles
Definition
General of Athens, loved democracy
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Eurpides
Definition
wrote the Bacchae, greek tragedy playwright
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Mystery religions
Definition
Involved in an initiation process, they are secretive
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Juno
Definition
patron of Carthage, angry at Jupiter for chosing Venus as most beautiful and wants to stop Aeneas from taking over Carthage.
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Dido
Definition
Queen of Carthage, falls madly for Aeneas, commits suicide become of failed love
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Dionysus
Definition
The god of wine and theatre, main character in the Bacchae, takes many forms
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Penthius
Definition
King of Thebes, the chosen heir, wants to establish a rational, civil dictatorship
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Alexander the great
Definition
Tught by Aristotle, conquered persians and established Greek Empire
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Aristotle
Definition
Taught by Plato
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Plato
Definition
Taught by Socrates
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Hellenization
Definition
Greek culture spreads throughout the world
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Virtue
Definition
according to Plato fufilling what you were designed to do
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Forms
Definition
the idealized state of objects, the essence of what is
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Allegory in the cave
Definition
inside the cave: cannot understand knowledge
outside the cave: can understand knowledge
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Justice
Definition
Harmony in the soul and the city in moderation
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Divided Line
Definition
going from imagination to belief, thought and then finally knowledge
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Triumphant Arch
Definition
People in power build to display their victory
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Socratic Method
Definition
questioning unexamined beliefs
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Colliseum
Definition
completed in 72 to 80 ce, built for Titus, during roman empire rule
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The archaic period
Definition
700 to 500 bc
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The Classical Period
Definition
5th century bc to 330 bc
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Hellenistic Style
Definition
350 bc to 1AD
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Roman Rule
Definition
146 bc to 350 AD
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Doriphorus
Definition
Polykleitos 450 -440 bc
classical style
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Laccoon and sons
Definition
made by Polydorus in the hellenistic period
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Laccoon and sons
Definition
made by Polydorus in the hellenistic period
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Parthenon
Definition
classical period, Ictinus and Kallikrates
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Three Goddesses
Definition
by Phidias, classical period
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Roman Republic
Definition
510 bc overthrown in 27 bc by Julius Ceasar
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Propylaea
Definition
classical period, the enterance to the acropolis
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Arch of Titus
Definition
triumphal arch made for Titus after his victory of Jeruselem in 70 ce
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Augustus of Prima Porta
Definition
statue of Ceasar Augustus, led the roman empire,
made during roman empire 1st century rome
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Bacchae
Definition
Euripides, main characters Dionysus, Penthius and Agave
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The Persian War
Definition
before peloponissian war 500 to 450 bc
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The Apology themes
Definition
death is unknown, corruption of youth, wisdom
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Bacchae themes
Definition
Euripides, mystery religions, logic vs emotion, society determines what you believe, new learning
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Pelopoesian war themes
Definition
thucydides, justice, human nature, cleon v diotus
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The republic themes
Definition
justice city/soul, forms, knowledge
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Aenied themes
Definition
fate, gods role, propaganda
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Golden Mean
Definition
idea of perfection and proportionality
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post modern view of history
Definition
there is no acurate view of history, just peoples personal opinions
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