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incised
Cut or engraved
relief
Raised forms that project from a flat background
high relief
Raised forms that project far from a flat background
low relief
Raised forms that project only slightly form a flat background
sanctuary
A sacred space reserved for the worship of a deity
peristyle
A line of columns surrounding an enclosed space or structure
stylobate
The uppermost step leading to a temple, which creates the platform on which the colunms are situated
cella
The inner chamber of a temple, usually houses a cult statue
low-wax casting
A method of creating metal sculpture in which a clay mold surrounds a wax model and is then fired, wax melts away, molten metal is poured in to fill the space
metope
A plain or decorated slave on doric frieze, between triglyphs
capital
The distinct top section, usually decorative, of a column or pillar
kouros
A freestanding archaic statue of a naked young man
Doric Order
A greek architectural order characterized by a column with a space, circular capital, and a frieze of triglyphs and sculpted metopes
Ionic Order
An order of classical architecture characterized by the use of volutes on the capital
Corinthian Order
An order of classical architecture characterized by slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with stylized leaves and scrolls
frieze
The part of an entablature located above the architrave
pediment
The triangular component that sits atop a columned porch, doorway, or window
Archaic smile
The upturned lips of an archaic sculpture
karyatid
A stone statue of a young woman, which can be used like a column to support the entablature of a temple
krater
A large vessel usually for diluting wine with water
agora
A public open space that functioned as a marketplace and center for politics and other assemblies
kore
A freestanding archaic greek statue of a clothed young woman
Panathenaic Festival
A multiple day event held annually in Athens that would celebrate the goddess Athena
contrapposto
A posture of the human body that shifts most weight onto one leg, suggesting ease and potential movement
“Canon of Polykleitos”
A treatise on creating and proportioning sculpture, the ideal proportions of the human body
“wet drapery”
Clothing that appears to cling to the body in folds and still reveals the form beneath
gigantomachy
A myth about a battle between the Olympian gods and Giants
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