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Prehistoric Art Slide Quiz #2
art 103 history
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Undergraduate 1
10/08/2013

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Imhotep, Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt, ca. 2630-2575
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Great Pyramids at Giza, Egypt, ca. 2575-2450
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Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 BCE
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Menkaure and his Queen, ca. 2490-2472
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Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, 1473-1458 BCE
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Senenmut, Morturary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahre, Egypt ca. 1473-1458
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Mask of King Tutankamun, ca. 1323
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Peplos Kore, ca. 530 BCE
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Kritios Boy ca. 480 BCE
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Anavysos Kouros/ Kriosos 530 BCE
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Polykleitos, Doryphoras, 450-440 BCE
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca 350-340 BCE
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Praxiteles Hermes and Dionysos, ca 340 BCE
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Dying Gaul, ca. 230 220 BCE
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Temple of Hera 1, Paestum, Italy, ca. 460-450 BCE
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Kallikrates and Iktinos, The Parthenon, Athens, Greece, ca. 447-432 BCE
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Pont du Garde, Nîmes, France, ca. 16 BCE
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy, 70-80 CE
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naos/cella
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The principle room is a temple or church. In ancient architechture. In a Byzantine church known as a nave and sanctuary.
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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 in the front.
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peristyle
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a surrounding colonnade in greek architechture. A peristyle building is surrounded on the exterior by a colonnade. Also: a peristyle court is an open colonnaded courtyard, often having a pool or garden.
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doric order (1st)
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Ionic (2nd)
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corinthian order (3rd)
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entablature
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In the classical orders, the horizontal elements above the columns and capitals. The entablature consists of, from top to bottom, cornice, fieze, and architrave
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capital
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The sculpted block that tops the a column. According to conventions of the orders, capitals, include different decorative elements.
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triglyph
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Rectangular blocks between the metopes of a doric frieze. Identified by the three carved vertical grooves, which approximate the appearance of the ends of wooden beams.
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Metope
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The carved, painted, or plain rectangular spaces between the triglyphs of a doric frieze.
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Volute
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A spiral scroll, as seen on an Ionic capital.
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Acanthus Leaves
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A leafy plant whose foliage inspired architecural ornamentation used in the corinthian and composite orders and in the relieg scroll known as the rinceau.
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