Exam 3 Flashcards

(58 cards)

1
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Favorite Architect of Caesar Augustus

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Vitruvius

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2
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Architect who built the great markets

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Apollodorus of Damascus

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3
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Ancient greek author of Odessy and lliad

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Homer

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3
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Built Golden house

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severus

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3
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His bronze equestrian portrait survives to this day

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Marcus Aurelius

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4
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Murdered brother to protect his own right to throne

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Caracalla

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4
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Politician who convinced the Athenians to build the Parthenon

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Percles

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4
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Guided the sculptural program on the Athenian Acropolis

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Phidias

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5
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Marble column contains reliefs reconting his victories over daciens

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Trajan

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6
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Modeled his sculture portrait after the Doryphours

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Caesar Agustus

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7
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Overran Jerusalem and brought back the spoils from the temple

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Titus

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8
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Popularized the female nude in late classical greek sculptures

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Praxiteles

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9
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Architect and poet, this Hellenizing emperor was first to war a beard

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Hadrian

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10
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Issued the Edict of Milan

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Costantine

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11
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Set up tetrarchy and later “retired” from the emperorship to split in dalmatia

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Diocletain

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12
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!st painting style

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Masonry

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13
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2nd painting style

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Architectural

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14
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3rd Painting style

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Ornate

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15
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4th Painting style

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Intricate

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15
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Broad areas of color with decorative elements

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Ornate

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16
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Walls are “painted away” Painted walls and columns give illusion

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Architectural

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17
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Walls are faux marble

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Masonry

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18
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Characterized by combination of the three styles

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intricate

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19
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weight shift in human figure

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Truth to detail
Verism
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spread of greek culture under Alexander the Great
Hellenism
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decorative scroll-tyoe (ionic order)
Volute
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Decorative vertial ridges or fillets on shaft of column
Fluting
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Greek architecture, entire upper portion of building above columns
Entablature
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Greek architecture, band of sculptures found above the architrave
Frieze
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Doric order, three vertical marks repeated across section
Triglyph
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Space between two triglyphs
Metope
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base upon which the temple columns stand
Stylobate
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Made of gold and ivory
Chryselephantine
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battle against the giants
Gigantomachy
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Battle against the centaurs
Centauromarchy
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Triangluar area of entablature on greek temple
Pediment
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temple that is circular in plan
Tholos
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raised or "high city"
Acropolis
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Large ceramic bowl with wide mouth
Krater
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baked clay
Terre Cotta
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Archaic sculpture of a standing nude male youth
Kouros
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archaic sculpture of a standing young greek female
Kore
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Candelabrum having seven branches
Menorah
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Circular opening at top of dome
Oculus
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Etruscan tomb surmounted by a mound of earth
Tumulus
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marketplace or public square
Forum
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Large roman house in the city
Domus
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Stone facing is made to appear rough and heavy
Rustication
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column in shape of female
Caryatid
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Form that results when two barrel vaults meet at right angles
Groin vault
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curve or bulge in the profiles of a column
entasis
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Chamber at center of ancient temple
naos
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cut pieces of glass or stone used in detailing mosaics
tesserae
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decorative receded panels in the ceiling of a vault
Coffering
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power shared by four rules
Tetrarchy
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Center hearth and throne room of Mycenean citadel
Megaron
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Painting with pigment mixed with hot wax
Encaustic