ancient greek art

Question 1

ionic

Answer 1

column with scrolls

Question 2

doric

Answer 2

simple scroll

Question 3

corinthian

Answer 3

highly decorated scroll

Question 4

sanctuaries

Answer 4

place where the gods have a special connection

Question 5

column base

Answer 5

bottom of the column

Question 6

column shaft

Answer 6

middle of the column

Question 7

column capital

Answer 7

top of the column

Question 8

peristyle

Answer 8

colonnade that goes around a building

Question 9

cella

Answer 9

most important room in the temple, holds image or sculpture of a deity, biggest room

Question 10

entasis

Answer 10

widest part of the column

Question 11

porch/portico

Answer 11

columns with an entablature, usually an entrance

Question 12

triglyph

Answer 12

vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze

Question 13

metope

Answer 13

rectangular recessed spaces between the triglyphs

Question 14

archaic smile

Answer 14

all Greek archaic figures have this smile

Question 15

peristyle

Answer 15

colonnade around the building

Question 16

amphiprostyle

Answer 16

two rows of columns on the outside of a building

Question 17

tholos

Answer 17

centralized, peristyle goes around the building

Question 18

krater

Answer 18

holds wine

Question 19

amphora

Answer 19

holds olive oil

Question 20

kylex

Answer 20

drink wine from this vase

Question 21

contrapposto

Answer 21

“counter pose,” figure standing with most of its wright on one foot, shoulders and arms twist off-axis

Question 22

Phidias

Answer 22

great Greek sculpture, designed the Parthenon

Question 23

Elgin marbles

Answer 23

collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and inscriptions that were originally a part of the Parthenon

Question 24

Pericles

Answer 24

Greek statesmen and general of Athens, fought Athena

Question 25

Aesthetics: Plato and mimesis

Answer 25

a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty

Question 26

Apollo Belvedere in Vatican before 1509

Answer 26

fig leaf covered his private parts because the Vatican wanted to cover it