Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Riley Byrnes
Chapters 2,3,4,5
100
Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/21/2012

Additional Art History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Warka Vase
Definition
Sumerian: ca.32nd

First great work of narrative relief.
Term
Standard of Ur
Definition
Sumerian: ca.27th

Mosaic depicting a battle.
Term
Victory Stele of Narm-Sin
Definition
Akkadian: 23rd

Cuneiforms
Term
Stele of Hammurabi
Definition
Neo-Sumerian: 18th

Records Hammurabi's remarkably early law form.
Term
Lamassu from Khorsabad
Definition
Assyrian: 8th

Winged, Human headed bull.
Term
Ishtar Gate
Definition
Neo-Babylonia: 6th

Depicts Nabu's golden dragon.
Term
Palace at Persepolis
Definition
Persian: 6-5th

Heavily fortified complex of Persian royal buildings.
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition
Greek meaning land between the Tigris and Euphrates.
Term
Sumer(-ia)
Definition
Term
Cylinder Seal
Definition
Design rolled over soft clay. Which creates pattern
Term
Ur
Definition
Legendary home of biblical Abraham
Term
Ziggurat
Definition
Monumental platform for a temple.
Term
Register
Definition
Place where motifs are placed in an ancient art piece.
Term
Lyre
Definition
Term
Stele
Definition
Carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.
Term
Gudea
Definition
Term
Assyria
Definition
Lot of color
Term
Lamassu
Definition
Winged, Human headed, bull.
Term
Palette of King Narmer
Definition
Predynastic Egypt: ca. 30th
Term
Pyramid of Djoser
Definition
Artist= Imhotep
Location= Saqqara

OK Egyptian 27th.
Term
Great Pyramids
Definition
Location= Gizeh
OK Egyptian
26-25th
Term
Ti watching hippo hunt
Definition
OK Egyptian: ca.25-24th
Term
Menkaure and his Queen
Definition
OK Egyptian: 25th
Term
Montuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Definition
NK Egyptian: 15th
Term
Akhenatonm Nefertiti, and Daughters
Definition
NK Egyptian: 14th
Term
Death mask of Tutankhamen
Definition
NK Egyptian: 14th
Term
Temple of Ramses II
Definition
Location: Abu Simbel
NK Egyptian: 13th
Term
Old Kingdom
Definition
Earliest dynasty
Term
Mastaba
Definition
rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides. Subterranean tomb chamber.
Term
Ka
Definition
immortal human life force
Term
Column
Definition
Vertical carries weight.
Term
Capital
Definition
undermost member of a column.
Term
Necropolis
Definition
Greek: City of the Dead.
Term
Mortuary Temple
Definition
Temple erected for the worship of a deceased pharaoh.
Term
Sphinx
Definition
Lion body with human head.
Term
Middle Kingdom
Definition
sadness to the face rock cut tombs started appearing
Term
New Kingdom
Definition
Term
Pylon Temple
Definition
Wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple characterized by its sloping walls.
Term
Hypostyle Hall
Definition
hall with a roof supported by columns
Term
Clerestory
Definition
gap between columns.
Term
Akhenaton
Definition
Abolishes traditional egyptian religion
Term
Amarna Period
Definition
Innovated new style.
Term
Tutankhamen
Definition
only tomb discovered with all the treasures in tact. 1920
Term
Bull-Leaping Fresco
Definition
Location: Knossos
Minioan
15th
Term
Landscape ("Spring Fresco")
Definition
Location: Thera
Minoan
17th
Term
Octopus Jar
Definition
Minoan
ca. 1500
Term
Lion Gate
Definition
Mycenae
Mycenaean
13th
Term
Treasury of Atreus
Definition
Location: Mycenae
Mycenaean
13th
Term
Funerary Mask from Mycenae
Definition
Mycenaean
16th
Term
Warrior Vase from Mycenae
Definition
Mycenaean
ca. 1200
Term
Cyclades
Definition
L armed figures found on the names small islands.
Term
Crete
Definition
Island not built for warfare. No Temples.
Term
fresco
Definition
Painting on lime and plaster.
Term
Corbeled
Definition
Term
Tholos
Definition
A temple with a circular plan.
Term
Krater
Definition
Wide mouth bowl used for mixing wine.
Term
Kritios Boy
Definition
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Riace Warrior
Definition
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Zeus
Definition
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Spear Bearer
Definition
Artist: Polykleitos
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Parthenon
Definition
Artists: Ikinos, Kallikrates
Location: Athens
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Three Goddesses, from the Parthenon
Definition
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Erechtheion
Definition
location: Athens
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Temple of Athena Nike
Definition
Artist: kallikrates
Location: Athens
Classical Greek: 5th
Term
Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Definition
Artist: Praxitles
Classical Greek: 4th
Term
Hermes and Dionysos
Definition
Artist: Pracitles
Classical Greek: 4th
Term
Dying Gaul
Definition
Hellanistic
3rd
Term
Nike of Samothrace
Definition
Hellenistic
2nd
Term
Laocoon and his sons
Definition
Hellenistic
1st1st C.E.
Term
amphora
Definition
two handled jar greek.
Term
Kylix
Definition
footed bowl shallow interrior exterior painted, drinking cups
Term
Geometric Style
Definition
greek abstract geometic in the 9th century.
Term
Orientalizing
Definition
early name or archaic greek art.
Term
Black Figure
Definition
silhouetting of dark figures against a light back ground.
Term
Red Figure
Definition
Term
centaur
Definition
half man half human
Term
Kouros
Definition
greek statue of young man
Term
Archaic Smile
Definition
Used to represent life not happiness.
Term
Kore
Definition
greek statue of young woman
Term
naos
Definition
chamber at the center of an ancient temple.
Term
colonnade
Definition
a row of columns.
Term
Peripteral
Definition
360 columns
Term
entablature
Definition
part of a building below the roof and above the column.
Term
pediment
Definition
triangular space at the end of a building formed by the ends of the sloping roof.
Term
Dioric Order
Definition
Term
Frieze
Definition
sculpted or painted band in a building.
Term
triglyph
Definition
a triple projecting.
Term
metope
Definition
square panel between triglyphs.
Term
Ionic Order
Definition
Term
volutes
Definition
spiral scroll like characteristic of ancient greek art.
Term
refinements
Definition
Term
entasis
Definition
apparent swelling in a column.
Term
acropolis
Definition
high city greek most important temple
Term
Phidias
Definition
Term
Elgin Marbles
Definition
British guy who took marble home from vacation.
Term
Caryatid
Definition
female not mortal support column.
Term
contrapposto
Definition
Counter weight. person's body half reversed.
Term
lost wax bronze casting
Definition
sandwich wax with clay. Melt the wax with metal. remove clay. Sculpture.
Term
Alexander the Great
Definition
Term
Minoan Style
Definition
Very aquatic, did not build defensive structures.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!