exam 1

Name and Location

Hall of bulls, France

Name and Location

Human with Feline Head, Germany

Name and Location

Nude Woman, austria

Name and Location

Stonehenge, England

image by chance

something that is reminiscent and encourages an artist to turn it into whatever thing it reminds them of

Chiaroscuro

Modeling in light and dark; when light there isn’t much variation and when heavy there is a lot of variation

Twisted Perspective

when a figure is shown mostly in profile but some portions are shown facing the viewer

Megalith

huge stone

Cromlech

megalith arranged in a circle

Trilithon

combination of two upright megaliths with horizontal capstone

Name and Location

Palette of king narmer, egypt

Name, Location and Period

Great Pyramids; Gizeh, Egypt; Old Kingdom

Name, Location and Period

Khafre Enthroned; Gizeh, Egypt; old kingdom

Name, Material, and Period

Menkaure and Khamerernebty; graywacke; old kingdom

Name, Location, Period

Mortuary temple of hatshepsut; Dier el-Bahri; new kingdom

Name, Location, type

Musicians and Dancers; tomb of Nebamun, Thebes; fresco secco

Name, Location, material

Akhenaton; temple of Aton, Karnak; sandstone

Name, Material, Type

Akhenaton and Nefertiti with three daughters; limestone; sunken releif

Rosetta Stone

egyptian stone that has the same story in three languages (greek, demodic, and hieroglyphs)

Hierarchical Scale

the bigger one is the more important they are

Hieratic

the more still one is the more important they are

Mastaba

designed by Amenhotep; rectangle with sloping sides; earliest kind of tomb

Ka Statue

intended to provide a resting place for ka

Post and Lintel Construction

posts and roof top style

Pylon Temple

Named for facade; not quite rectangular with sloping side walls that surround the entrance to the temple; covered with reliefs glorifying gods

Hypostyle Hall

Massive room with more columns than needed to support roof, raised area that allows for windows and sunlight for illumination

Amarnan Style

style of greater naturalism and decorative patterning

Name, Artist, Location, Type

Achilles and Ajax Playing a Dice Game; EXEKIAS; italy; attic black-figure amphora

Name, Location, Artist, Type

Herakles Wrestling Antaios; Italy; EUPHRONIOS; calyx krater attic red-figure

Name and material

Kouros; marble

Name, Location, Material

Kroisos; Anaysos, Greece; marble

Name, Location, Material

Peplos Kore; Acropolis in Athens; marble

Name, Location, Material

Kritios Boy; Acropolis in Athens; marble

Name, Location, Material

Warrior; Riace, Italy; bronze

Name, Artist, material

Doryphoros; POLYKLEITOS; marble copy of bronze

Name, Location, Artist

Parthenon; acropolis in Athens; KTINOS

Name, Location, Artist, material

East Pediment of the Parthenon; acropolis in Athens; PHIDIAS; marble

Name, Location, material

Parthenon Frieze (panathenaic frestival); acropolis in athens; marble

Name, Location, Artist, Material

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus; Olympia; PRAXITELES; marble copy

Name, Location, Material

Nike of Samothrace; island of Samothrace; marble

Black-figure vase painting

figure is made of black with natural pot as background

red-figure vase painting

figure is made of natural pot and black is added as background

contrapposto

italian for counter posed or balanced, potential for movement

Lost was bronze casting

technique where a model is made from wax, covered in a heat-resistant material. The wax is melted away, leaving a mold into which molten metal is poured

doric temple

type of temple with certain qualities based on dorian language that was spoken on the mainland of greece; oldest order; triglyph frieze

Ionic Temple

type of temple with certain qualities that are very decorative and based on the language from east greece; later than doric

pericles

commissioned the parthenon

Pediment

low triangular part of the temple

Frieze

sculpted part of entablature

Phidian Drapery

wet look drapery, conceals and reveals the body

hellenistic

started with death of Alexander the Great, start of interest in female nude

Name, Location

Temple of Portunus; Rome

Name, Material

Head of Republican Priest; marble

Name, Type, Material, Location, Period

Dionysus Mystery Frieze; second style wall painting; fresco; Villa of mysteries, pompeii; republican

Name, Location, Material, Period

Augustus; Primaporta; marble copy of bronze; early empire

Name, Location, Period, Material

Ara Pacis Augustae; Rome; Early empire; marble

Name, Location, Periods

colosseum; Rome; imperial period and early empire

Name, Location

Pantheon; Rome

Name, Location, Period, Material

Column of Antoninus Pius; Rome; high empire; marble