Key terms Flashcards by Hal Ferrier

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Chronological/diadonic

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organised by period

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Contextual/thematic

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continuity or change

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Relative chronology

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placing examples relative to one another

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Primary sources

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ancient sources in the form of archaeology, literature, histiography

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Secondary sources

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modern sources in the form of monographs, articles, textbooks

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Material culture

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place and time, creators change

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Findspot

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where was it found?

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Provenance

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Where was it made? Who made it?

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Kouroi

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standing nude male

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Korai

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Standing clothed female

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Horror vacue

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fear of the void

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Knielaufschema

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knee-running pose

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Kalokagathaia

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beauty and goodness

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Arete

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virtue and excellence

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Chiton

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drapes made of linen

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Himation

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heavy woolen robe

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Temple

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houses the image of the deity

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Cella/naos

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main area of the temple where the deity is stored

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Pronaos

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porch leading into the temple

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Prostyle

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the building itself with columns

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Antefixes

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fancy drainpipes

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Architrave

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supporting element

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Frieze

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a series of metopes

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Tryglyph

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projecting ends of roof beams

Apotropaic

images on the temples to ward off evil spirits

Akroteria

roof ornament

Koine

common artistic style

Sphyrelaton

wooden core with a bronze casing

Anakalypis

hand-to-vail gesture

Order

aesthetic formula of the style

Entablature

everything above the capital

Adyton

backroom where priests would store offerings

Intercolumniation

space between the columns

Peleus and Thetis

Achilles' parents

Bilingual

both back and red-figure

Pioneers

first to learn craft entirely from red-figure, they initially appear in 520

Euthymides

one of the two most important pioneers

Komos

drunken revel

Astyanax

Hector's son

Neoptolomos

Achilles' son

Contraposta

counter-pose

Quadriga

4 horse chariot

Chryselephantine

made of ivory and gold