Test 1 Flashcards

(49 cards)

1
Q

Naturalism

A

looking more realistic

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2
Q

megalith

A

big stone

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3
Q

post and lintel construction

A

looks like a door

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4
Q

fertile cresent

A

flooded irregularly

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5
Q

votive statue

A

stand ins for real people, used for prayer

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6
Q

hierarchical scale

A

the more important it is the bigger it is

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7
Q

code of hammurabi

A

first full set of laws

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8
Q

free-standing

A

sculpture in the round

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9
Q

relief sculpture

A

picture has been carved into the stone

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10
Q

subtractive method

A

taking away material

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11
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additive method

A

adding material

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12
Q

frieze

A

reliefs on a wall going around

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13
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twisted perspective

A

the postition of figures in egyption hyroglyphs

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14
Q

horus

A

god of the sky

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15
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Hathor

A

sky mother

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16
Q

Upper Egypt

A

the south end of the nile, rich, kings

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17
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lower Egypt

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north end of the nile, poor, conquered

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18
Q

mastaba

A

small tomb

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19
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Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure

A

pharohs of the pyramids

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20
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boat pits

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boats were found for the dead kings

21
Q

sphinx

A

guards the tombs

22
Q

valley temple

A

private area before the pyramid, seated Kafre there

23
Q

ka

A

egyptian version of the soul

24
Q

idealism

A

everyithing is perfect not necessarily natural or real looking

25
minos
King after which the Minoans are named
26
minotaur
half bull half man monster
27
labyrinth (labrys)
double headed axe, a misunderstnaing due to cercumstances
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fresco
plaster painting on a wall
29
relieving arch
used to take stone weight off of a lentil stone
30
cyclopean construction
lions gate, great stone lookedas if a cyclops could have built it
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repousse
beated into shape from behind
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Heinrich Schliemann
discovered mask of agamemnon, rich old dude who wanted to be an archiologist
33
key meander
pattern that doesnt end and goes around the boarder
34
abstract
less and less naturalistic
35
black figure vases
the figures are painted on the vases
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red figure vases
figures are the negative space where there is no paint
37
archaic smile
smile that doesn't feel natural, kind of creepy
38
controposto
counter pose, a pose of opposition gives us hrmony because it is the way the human body works
39
symmetria
perfect proportion
40
rythmos
the rythm of hte body, operating not as a piece of marble
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doru
spear
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doric order
fat dounut columns
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ionic order
scroll columns
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corinthian
leafed columns
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pediment
face of the parthenon about athenas birth
46
metope
single images on the front of the parthenon, battle between men and centaurs
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wet drapery
carving stone to look like wet clothing, found on winged nike
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athena parthenos
athena the maiden/virgin
49
s-curve
even more contropposto