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55 Cards in this Set
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Linear A/Linear B |
Forms of writing used in certain prehistoric Aegean times |
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Labyrinth |
A maze, complicated network |
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Citadel |
A fortress dominating a city |
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Cyclopean masonry |
A type of stonework from the Mycenaeans using limestones with no mortar |
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Corbelled arch |
A type of arch created by having stones get more closed in as they go up |
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Tholos |
A round building or tomb |
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Dome |
A rounded vault forming a roof of a building |
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Wet fresco |
When an artist paints on wet plaster so that it dries and becomes part of the wall |
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Kamares Ware |
A type of ceramic produced by the Minoans |
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Faience |
Glazed ceramic ware |
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Repousse |
Metalwork hammered into a relief on the opposite side |
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Register |
Artwork that is separated by different levels (like a comic book) |
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Black figure |
Painted black figures on a lighter background, most likely red |
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Red figure |
Painted red figures with a black background |
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Tempera |
A type of paint created with colors and egg yolks |
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Metopes |
A square space in between triglyphs on a Doric frieze |
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Entablature |
A horizontal piece that rests on the columns that contains the friezes |
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Capital |
The uppermost part of a column, the top |
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Entasis |
A slight curve in the shaft of a column |
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Volute |
The spirals that come out from an Ionic order |
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Frieze |
A broad horizontal band that is sculpted or decorated, on a wall up by the ceiling/ above columns |
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Pediment |
The triangle upper part of a building, the "pointed roof", around columns |
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Caryatid |
A female figure serving as support in place of a column |
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Kouros |
Archaic Greek statue of a young man, often naked |
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Kore |
Archaic Greek statue of a young woman, often with loose robes |
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Archaic smile |
In Archaic Greek art, the smile that was one the faces of the sculptures and people in the artwork |
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Encaustic |
A painting technique that used hot wax and pigment. Lasts a long time |
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Idealism |
Forming unrealistic expectations, in art it's creating an unrealistic version of the person portrayed |
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Hellenistic |
Greek culture that came after the death of Alexander the great. Lots of emotion, drama |
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Necropolis |
A cemetery in an ancient city |
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Tumulus |
A mound of Earth raised over a grave |
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Chimera |
A female Greek monster that is a lion's head, goat's body and serpent's tail that breathes fire |
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Cremation |
The act of burning a body after death |
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First Style painting |
A type of painting in Rome that was used to create an illusion that the wall was made of a more expensive material (marble or stones) |
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Second Style Painting |
Created the illusion of 3 dimensional spaces, often landscape scenes that opened up the room into something more |
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Third Style Painting |
Embraced the flatness of a wall, monochromatic, intricate details |
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Fourth Style Painting |
Used panels of individual paintings, still life paintings |
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Mosaics |
A picture made by arranging colored stones or glass. |
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Amphitheater |
A round or oval building used for entertainment, presentations, fights, etc |
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Synagogue |
A building used for Jewish worship |
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Catacomb |
An underground cemetery |
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Lunette |
Something crescent shaped |
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Apse |
A large semi-circle in a church, usually containing the alter |
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Relic |
An object surviving from earlier times, historic or sentimental |
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Tesserae |
A small piece of glass, stone, etc used to create a mosaic |
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Chi-Rho |
The Christian symbol Constantine saw in battle that assured him that he would win the battle |
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Iconography |
Visual images used in a work |
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Vellum |
Parchment made from calf skin |
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Parchment |
Stiff, flat, thin piece of animal skin used for writing in ancient times |
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Diptych |
A painting that is like a book, hinged and can close, book cover |
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Atrium (basilica) |
An open-roofed entrance hall or central court |
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Narthex |
A porch-like structure with railing in a church |
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Aisles |
A passageway between rows of seats |
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Clerestory |
Upper part of a church that contain clerestory windows |
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Transept |
A transverse section that lays across a building, crosswise, like a cruciform (cross shaped) |