Chapter 4 definitions

Cycladic

ca 3200-2000 BC

Minoan

ca 3000-1100 BC

Helladic (late Mycenaean)

ca 1600-1100 BC

Buon Fresco

True Fresco

Pigments are applied directly onto the wet lime plaster which binds the paint to the wall

Cyclopean Masonry

• Huge roughly cut stone blocks forming massive fortification walls

• Masonry with small stones in the gaps

Corbeled gallery

An architectural passage or vault constructed using layers of stone or brick that are stacked so that each layer projects slightly inward beyond the one below it

Types of arches

• post and lintel

• corbeled arch

• arch

Megaron

Central Architectural feature of Mycenaen palaces

Monoliths

A single large standing stone

lintel

structural element that spans an opening

corbeled arch

stacking succesive layers of stone or brick progressively inward until they meet at the top that leaves an opening that lightens the weight carred by the lintel

Tholos Tomb

Beehive shaped

Dromos

long narrow passage or entrance avenue leading to a tomb or temple monument

Tholos

circular structure characterized by a domed roof

Repousse

• Beating gold

• pushing away material