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Early Greece
Definition
1100-480 b.c.
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Greek Dark Ages
Definition
1100-800 b.c.
moved from Bronze Age to Iron Age
type of art: Geometric Style
Homeric Epics composed.
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Age of Colonization
Definition
800-600 b.c.
spread out throughout Aegean, Asia Minor and Italy.
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Archaic Age
Definition
600-480 b.c.
emergence of permanent architecture and development of the Greek sculptural form.
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Kouros
Definition
a sculpture of a male servant
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Classical Greece
Definition
479-323 b.c.
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Golden Age
Definition
479-404 b.c.
most spectacular period of ancient greek history also known as Age of Pericles.
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Late Classical
Definition
404-323 b.c.
Philosophy flourished and Alexander the Great rose to power.
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Hellenistic Greece
Definition
323-146 b.c.
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Hellenization
Definition
before being conquered by Rome in 146 b.c., Greece spread its culture throughout the known world.
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Dipylon Vase
Definition
most famous example of geometric style in 800 b.c. (greek vase)
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Protagoras
Definition
summed it up well that man is the measure of all things.
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Rationalism
Definition
the belief that reason - not experience, revelation, or authority - is the ultimate source of knowledge about the world.
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materialists
Definition
were concerned about the nature and origin of reality.
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idealists
Definition
were searching for the rational design of reality.
Pythagoras
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Socrates
Definition
Idealist
469-399 b.c.
Socratic idea: Know thyself
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Plato
Definition
Idealist
427-347 b.c.
he studied with Socrates and preserved his teachings in his works known as Dialogues.
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Aristotle
Definition
Materialist
384-322 b.c.
the essence of a thing resides within the thing itself.
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Greek Art
Definition
Marble statues
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move towards naturalism
Definition
makes the human figure look more life-like.
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development of realistic perspective
Definition
from egyptian to greek shift
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greatest greek sculpture
Definition
Myron's Discobolus known as in english the discuss thrower.
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Myron
Definition
has achieved his astonishing effect of movement mainly through a new adaptation of very ancient artistic models
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the greeks were preoccupied with
Definition
refining the idea and image of the human figure
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greek temple
Definition
is an example of post and lineal architecture
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naos
Definition
room
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pronaos
Definition
porch
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dipteral
Definition
temple with a double row of columns
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peripteral
Definition
temple with a single row of columns as in the parthenon
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Doric
Definition
late archaic
strength/stability
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Ionic
Definition
Archiac/Classical
refinement/elegance
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Corinthian
Definition
classical/hellenistic
imperial grandeur
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column
Definition
base
shaft
capital
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Parthenon
Definition
one of the most famous buildings in all history
dedicated to athena
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horizontal plane
Definition
on all four sides
slight upward curvature
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the tapering of the columns
Definition
columns have a slight swelling about two-thirds of the way up
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the angle at which the columns are set
Definition
they all lean inward slightly
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Ictinus and Callicrates
Definition
architects responsible for the brilliant execution of the Parthenon
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Origins of Comedy
Definition
"classical" comic plot portrays the integration of the hero back into society; typically ends with the marriage of the hero.
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Origins of Tragedy
Definition
"classical" tragic plot portrays the alienation of the hero from society; it typically ends with the death of the hero.
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Six points of Tragedy
Definition
1) tragic hero must be of noble birth
2) hero has a tragic flow some point of weakness
3) hero is responsible for his own downfall
4) the gods punish the hero severly
5) the hero gains insight of his wrong doing
6) the audience experiences catharsis (relief)
Term
Roman Mind
Definition
imperialistic- influencing the world through its empire
eclectic- absorbing greek and other cultures
practical-doers and buliders
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American Mind
Definition
imperialistic- influencing the world through pop culture
eclectic- absorbing as a "melting pot" the world's cultures
practical- "can-do" philosophy. inventive with technology
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Practicality
Definition
the logical corollary to imperialism and electism
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Practicality
Definition
the logical corollary to imperialism and electism
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Greeks and Romans
Definition
Greeks were thinkers
Romans were doers
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major roman building projects
Definition
aqueducts
highways (the appian way)
Basilicas
Public Baths
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Portraiture Art
Definition
practical nature of the romans reveals itself in their strikingly realistic portrayals of the human face.
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Narrative Sense in Art
Definition
romans began telling stories with their visual art.
example of continuous style is with peter
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development of landscape in art
Definition
idealized landscape began to be depicted in the backgrounds of roman paintings.
surviving paintings of the destroyed city of Pompeii
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753 b.c.
Definition
legendary founding of rome. year one for the romans dating system
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509 or 510 b.c.
Definition
romans kick the etruscans out of rome and establish a republic. learned many things from the estruscans
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146 b.c.
Definition
end of the punic wars. rome captures corinth.
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264- 241 b.c.
Definition
1st punic wars
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218- 202 b.c.
Definition
2nd punic wars
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149-146 b.c.
Definition
3rd punic wars
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27 b.c.
Definition
octavious declares himself Caesar Augustus, ending along civil war
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180 a.d.
Definition
Marcus Arilous' Death in this year ended the period of Roman Peace (27 b.c.- 180 a.d.)
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313 a.d.
Definition
Constantine the great legalized christianity with the edict of milan
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476 a.d.
Definition
end of the roman empire; last roman emperor was disposed and replaced with a german
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