Vocab

Question 1

Corbelling

Answer 1

Arching technique where one piece of stone protects a little longer then the last

Question 2

Folio

Answer 2

Large sheet of paper split down the ,idle that makes up a manuscript

Question 3

Forum

Answer 3

Roman town site of temples and administrative buildings

Question 4

Composite pose

Answer 4

Found in prehistoric and ancient paintings that represents a figure from the side

Question 5

Votive figure

Answer 5

An image created as a devotional offering to a god or other deity

Question 6

Hierarchal scale

Answer 6

The use of different sizes for significant or holy figures to indicate relative importance

Question 7

Stylus

Answer 7

Instrument with a pointed end which makes a delicate line or scratch, tool used for cuneiform writing

Question 8

Verism

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Style in which artists concern themselves with describing the exterior likeness of an object or person showing fine detail

Question 9

Volute

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Spiral scroll as seen on an ionic capital

Question 10

Pediment

Answer 10

A triangular gable found over architectural elements likeGreek porticos Windows or doors

Question 11

Apotheosis

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Deification of a person or thing

Question 12

Abstract

Answer 12

Art that is not very descriptive

Question 13

Caryatids

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Sculpture of draped female that also acts as a column

Question 14

Lamassus

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A human headed winged lion found in Assyrian art

Question 15

Idealism

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Greek perfect body

Question 16

Realism

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Also called naturalism lifelike description highest accomplishment in art

Question 17

Temenos

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…, The sacred enclosure in which one or more Greek temples stand.

Question 18

Hypostyle hall

Answer 18

Vast column filled space found in Egyptian pyramids

Question 19

Scriptorium

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Medieval times place for writing within a Monestary monks

Question 20

Contrapasto

Answer 20

Representing standard human figures with opposing alternations of tension