Art Finals- Ancient Greek Flashcards
(16 cards)
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Kouros
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- Archaic period
- nude youth
- first freestanding
- grave markers
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Temples
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- 3 steps at base
- column: Doric, ionic, Corinthian
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Capital
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- Upper most part of a column
- usually decorated
3
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Frieze
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A low gable, usually triangular, frequently filled with reliefs
4
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Entasis
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- Slight widening of columns in the middle
- swelling
5
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Fluting
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Shallow, rounded, concave vertical groove in shaft of a column
6
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Kore
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Archaic Greek statue of a woman
7
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Freestanding
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Sculpture not attached, usually to a stone
8
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Contrapposto
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- Relaxed pose
- weight is one one leg
9
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Entablature
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- Upper part of an architecture
- part above column
- consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice
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High/ Low Relief
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Projection of a figure from background
11
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Acropolis
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- Settlement where a building is built on
- area of elevated ground, usually a hill
12
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Pergamon Altar
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- Hellenistic
- altar of Zeus
- ionic column
- frieze on side of stairs
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Archaic (600-480)
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- Kouros/ Kore
- painted
- inspired by Egyptian statues
- big eyes, stylized muscles
- rigid
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Classical (480-323 BCE)
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- model for Roman copies
- mythology
- contrapposto
- serene expression
- wet drapery
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Hellenistic (323-150 BCE)
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- suffering
- imperfection
- movement in space
