APAH Ch. 5B (25-48)

Façade

a face of a building

Flutes

ornamental vertical grooves cut into a column

Frieze

a continuous band of painted or sculptural decoration on an Ionic or Doric temple. It is usually decorated with relief sculpture.

Funerary Vase

a vase with a hole placed at the bottom for a libation( a liquid used as a sacrifice to a deity) so it could seep out unto the grave

Geometric Period

the formative period of Greek art

Gorgon

in Greek mythology a hideous female demon or monster with snake hair capable of turning anyone who gazed at her into stone

Hellenistic Period 23

30 BC

Hubris

arrogance leading to downfall

Humanism

the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty

Hydria

a tall vase with two handles and a cover

Ideal

the quest for the representation of things according to a preconception of an aesthetic perfection

Iktinos and Kallikrates

the architects of the Parthenon

Ionic

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

Kore

an archaic Greek sculpture of a standing female youth

Kouros

an archaic Greek sculpture of standing male youth.

Kylix

a Greek, shallow drinking cup

Mausoleum

a term for any grandiose funerary monument

Meander

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

Metopes

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

Mnesikles (nes e klez)

architect of the Propylaea

Naos or Cella

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

Naturalism

the depiction of human figures as they appear in nature

Olympiad

the ceremonial games in which all the Greek states participated

Parthenon

the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis