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Art 155 1st Edition Exam # 2 Study GuideVOCABULARYAegean ArtCycladic (Cyclades Islands)- islands arranged in a circle Corbelled Arch- a walk way created by blocks placed on top of eachother each getting closer to the centerLinear B- translated language Minoan (Crete)- international Greek island under the cycladic islands Fresco- technique where you paint into the last wet layer of plaster it becomes part of the wall and cannot be removedMycenaean- very defensive group of people; killed the minoansTholos Tomb- round shaped tomb using corbelled arch technique Hellas / Helladic- means Greek in Greek, talking about main land Ashlar Masonry- technique of cutting and dressing stones Greek ArtPolis (poleis)- city state- independent self governed cities Amphora- greek pottery with two handles and narrow neckMeander- running labarinth bands around pottery Frieze- band of decorationProthesis- picture of a wake depicted on potteryAryballos- personal use little jar on a bracelet commonly filled with oils Guilloche- doodles/ doodads used to fill white space Symposium- wine get together of men Kylix- wine glass potteryBlack-figure – objects painted in black on pottery Red-figure- painting in background leaving focal objects blank appearing red Kore- statue of youth female Kouros- statue of youth male Heroic Nudity- semi devein people shown nude to displace honor Contrapposto- statue with image of weight shifted on one foot Chiton- little sea creature Genre Scene- scene of every day life Canon of Proportions: formula book of rules Symmetry- same proportions on each side Equilibrium- must have a flow threw the bodyRhythm- not stiff but fluid movement These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Persia / PersiansPhillip II of Macedon- leader of Macedonia- he took over but remained Greek Alexander the Great- Phillip II son took over leadership after himChiastic Pose- pose of people made in contrappostoHellenistic Realism- hyper dramatic temenos (enclosure)- sacred enclosed area of temple naos (home of the god)- where the main statue is placed in templeColumn: base, shaft, flute, capital, drumDoric- earliest style simplest from dorian tribe no base on column Ionic- more elegant style than DoricCorinthian- more decorative perfect style Caryatid- columns shaped as woman Sanctuary Temple- house something sacred Treasury Temple- holds all the wealth of group of people Peripteral- having a single row of pillars on all sides in the style of the temples of ancient Greece.Entablature- a horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and corniceCornice- an ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceilingTriglyph- three bar piece part of the Doric frieze Metope- blank piece may have picture of in next to triglyph on Doric frieze Pediment- triangle part of roof Cella- inner chamber of temple Entasis- slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaftStylobate- floor of the temple Intercolumniation- space between each column WORKS OF ARTAegean ArtCycladic, Figurine of a Woman, from Syros (Cyclades)Cycladic, Seated Musician, from Keros (Cyclades)Minoan, Palace at Knossos (Crete)Minoan, Snake Goddess, from Knossos (Crete)Mycenaean, Citadel of Mycenae, gateMycenaean, Treasury of Atrius Mycenaean, Funerary Mask from Grave Circle A (Mycenae)Greek ArtGeometric Krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, AthensThe Ajax Painter, AryballosExekias, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice Hero and Centaur (Herakles and Nessos?)New York KorousKorous, called Kroisos, from Anavysos Kore, from the Acropolis Kritios Boy, from the AcropolisZeus (or Poseidon?), found off Cape Artemision, Greece Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) (Roman copy of ca.450-440BC original) Stele of Hegeso, from the Dipylon Cemetery, AthensPraxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos (Roman copy of c.340-330 BC original) Pythokritos of Rhodes (?), Nike of Samothrace Drunken Old Woman (Roman copy of Hellenistic original)Temple of Hera II, Paestum Acropolis, Athens: Temple of Athena Parthenos,


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