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Acropolis |
-a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill. -Akro means “ high” and polis means “ city” |
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Apse |
Rounded extensions at each end of the buiding |
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Archaic Smile |
conventional closed lipped smile (used by Greeks in the Archaic Period) |
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Barrel Vault |
-Constructed in the same manner as the round arch -series of connected arches across a line -requires buttressing |
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Buon Fresco |
Mural painted on wet plaster |
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Caryatid |
Columns carved as people |
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Codex |
-Sheets of paper bound together like a modern book -replaced the scroll in the early 1st century |
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Contrapposto |
the convention of presenting standing figures with opposing alternations of tension and relaxation around a central axis |
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Diptych/Triptych |
two/three carved panels hinged together |
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Expressionism |
deliberate attempt to elicit a specific emotional response in the viewer |
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Flying Buttress |
a gracefully arched, skeletal exterior support |
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Fresco Secco |
Mural painted on dry plaster |
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Groin Vault |
two barrel- vaulted spaces intersecting at the same level |
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Iconoclasm |
-"image breaking" -the prohibition and destruction of works of visual art (usually because they are considered inappropriate in religious contexts) |
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Illuminated Manuscripts |
Manuscripts decorated with gold and colors |
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Kouros/Kore |
-free- standing figures -female statue of this type is called a kore, Greek for “ young woman,” and a male statue is called a kouros, Greek for “ young man” -nearly always nude -variously identified as gods, warriors, and victorious athletes |
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Nave |
Large central area (of a church) |
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Oculus |
a circular opening at the top of a dome |
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Pointed Arch |
-introduced after the beginning of Islam -2 or 4 center points generating different circles that overlap for a very slightly pointed arch |
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Red Figure/Black Figure |
apply slip ( a mixture of clay and water) to the surface of a pot and carefully manipulate the firing process in a kiln to control the amount of oxygen reaching the ceramics. |
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Technique |
a way of carrying out a particular task |
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Reliquary |
a container for holy relics |
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Ribbed Vault |
a form of groin vault, in which the diagonal ridges ( groins) rest on and are covered by curved moldings called ribs |
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Stave Church |
named for the four huge timbers ( staves) that form their structural core |
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Stele |
upright stone slab |
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Tesserae |
small, regularly shaped pieces of colored stone and marble |
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Transept |
a perpendicular hall crossing in front of the apse |
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Basilica |
Large rectangular building with extensive interior space, adaptable for a variety of administrative governmental functions |
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Cathedral |
A bishop’s church is a cathedral, a word derived from the Latin cathedra, which means “ chair” but took on the meaning of “ bishop’s throne.” |
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Vellum |
thin sheets of cleaned, scraped, and trimmed sheepskin or calfskin |
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What is the significance of Polykleitos' Spear Bearer? |
Polykleitos developed a set of rules for constructing what he considered the ideal human figure, which he set down in a treatise called “ The Canon." To illustrate his theory, he created Spear Bearer. |
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Doric Column |
-shafts sit directly on the stylobate -no base -fluted |
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Ionic Column |
-more elongated than Doric -spiral scroll capitols |
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Corinthian Column |
-elaborate capitols |
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Geometric Period |
-900 and 700 BCE -ceramic vessels with linear motifs, such as spirals, diamonds, and cross- hatching -funerary vessels developed -geometric shapes used to represent human figures/animals/plants |
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Orientalizing Period |
-700-600 BCE -more open compositions -began in Corinth |
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Archaic Period |
-600-480 BCE -time of great new achievement -elaborate temples -kouros -archaic smile -black/red-figure |
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Early Classical Period |
-480-450 BCE -contrapposto -bronze scuptures |
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High Classical Period |
-450-400 BCE -pinnacle of artistic refinement -acropolis -parthenon -idealized proportions |
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Late Classical Period |
-400-323 BCE -relaxed convntions -new canon -first depictions of fully nude women -goldsmithing & earrings |
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Hellenistic Period |
-323-31/30 BCE -Corinthian order on exteriors -anti-classical style -expressionism |
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Archivolt |
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B |
Voussoirs |
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C |
Door Jambs |
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D |
Trumeau |
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E |
Tympanum |
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F |
Lintel |
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Cornice |
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B |
Frieze |
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C |
Architrave |
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D |
Cella |
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E |
Stylobate |
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F |
Pediment |
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G |
Entablature |
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H |
Column |