Exam 2-Vocab

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Megaron
the great hall in ancient greek palace complexes
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Labyrinth
Maze
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Tholos
Mycenaean beehive shaped tomb
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Dromos
passageway into an ancient tomb
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minotaur
half human half bull monste
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Naos (Cella)
most sacred space within the temple. It’s where the gods lives
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peripteral
temple design that has a single row of columns on all four sides
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Kore
feminine version of Kouros
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Korous
young man
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Gigantomachy
a scene of the gods battling the Titans; metaphor for order over chaos
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Contrapposto
asymmetrical balancing of a human body.
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Chryselephantine
sculpture of gold and ivory
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Symmetria
the commensurability of something
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Ethos
inner character
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Panathenaic festival
occured in Athens every four years. Massive perceptions of all of the cities giving a peplos to some statue of Athena
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Tessera
the pieces that create a mosaic ex. glass, stone
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Mausoleum
monument tomb
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Pathos
immediate personal reaction to experience
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Cista
a cylindrical object used to place their toiletries in
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Fibula
A safety pen that women use for their garments
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Tumulus
A monumental amount of earth often placed on a tomb.
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Repoussé
A metalworking technique in which press the metal from the back
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Syncretism
take different elements, put them together, and create something new
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Veristic
style of portraiture, hyper real, ok perfectionist
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Basilica
court house, place of gathering, associated with political power
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Fenestrated
provided with a window or windows
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Forum
essential part of any roman town, city center
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Propaganda
information, especially of bias and misleading nature
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Amphitheater
Double theater
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Pax Romana (Pax Augusta
Era of Peace and prosperity.
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Forum
essential part of any roman town, city center
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Coffer
The design element placed in ceilings, recessed panel set within a ceiling
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Oculus
round central opening