Art History KW Chpt 5 (36-72)

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Iktinos and Kallikrates

 architects of the Parthenon

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Ionic

 classic Greek order. It has a tall, slender column and a scrolled capital

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Kore

 an archaic Greek sculpture of a standing female youth

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Kouros

an archaic Greek sculpture of standing male youth.

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Kylix

 Greek, shallow drinking cup

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Mausoleum

a term for any grandiose funerary monument

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Meander

is a pattern made up of bands of horizontal, abstract motifs also, called the Greek key

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Metopes

 are the panels between the triglyphics in a Doric temple. They originally covered the empty spaces between the ends of the wooden ceiling beams

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Mnesikles

architect of the Propylaea

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 Naos or Cella

nucleus of the Greek temple where the statue of the deity resides

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Naturalism

depiction of human figures as they appear in nature

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Olympiad  

 were the ceremonial games in which all the Greek states participated

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 Parthenon

 the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis

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Pathos

an artistic representation of suffering which evokes pity because of the nobility and restraint with which it is endured

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 Pebble Mosaics

a scene formed from tiny stones collected from river beds and beaches and set into cement

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Pediment

 a triangle over the lintel in a temple

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Pericles

leader of Athens in the Golden Age

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Peripteral

 a single row of columns on all sides

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Peristyle

a colonnade(a series of arches supported by columns) around a center space

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Phidias

sculptor of statues in the Parthenon

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Polis (Poleis)

an independent city state

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  Polychrome

many colors

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Pronaos

a porch or an open vestibule flanked by two columns

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  Propylaea

entry gate at the west end of the Acropolis

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  Provenance

origin or source

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Red-Figure Painting

the reddish clay was painted with black slip (watery clay substance). The design was freely painted with a brush which made it possible to show overlapping and foreshortening

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Satyr

 part-human, part-goat male follower of Dionysus, the god of wine

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 Shafts

 the parts of the columns between the base and the capital

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Siren 

 a creature which is half bird and half woman

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Stereobate

 substructure of the Greek temple

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Stoa

 a covered colonnade used for shops or offices

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Stylobate

the platform above the stereobate

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Tesserae

tiny pieces of glass set into cement to portray a scene instead of stones

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  Torque

neckband worn by the Gauls

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Treasury

a small building set up for the safe storage of votive offerings

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Triglyphs

 was an element of  the Doric frieze separating two consecutive metopes and divided into three sections

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  Volute

a spiral, architectural element on the Ionic capital which resembles a partially unrolled scroll