Module 05 Study Guide Ancient Greece

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to Ancient Greece, based on the lecture notes provided.

Amphora

A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used in ancient times to store or carry wine or oils.

Geometric Period

The period that marked the end of Greece’s Dark Age and lasted from 900 to 700 BCE.

Grave

Monumental kraters and amphorae were made and decorated as ___________ markers. These vessels are characteristic of Geometric vase painting during this period.

Black-Figure Painting

. ______________________________ is a style of antique Greek vase painting where the figures are painted onto the pot with a slip that, when fired, turns black. The outlines and details of the figures are incised before firing. Additional red and white pigments may also be added to the pot.

Stylobate

A ___________________ is the level of a temple platform on which its columns stand.

Titanomachy

The _________________________ was the battle fought between the Titans and the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos.

Classical Period

The period where the standard form of a Greek temple was established and refined.

Contrapposto

A stance in sculpture that creates an illusion of life by depicting a relaxed position of the body.

Classical

________________ Classical bronze sculptures are created using the lost wax method of casting.

Peloponnesian War

. It was immediately following the ____________________ war that the Athenian general and statesman Pericles funded an extensive building program on the Athenian Acropolis.

Kouroi

Statues of youths created during the Archaic period of Greek art.

Clothed

Archaic korai (kore) are always _______________________________.

This is true

The statement that the Great Altar of Zeus from Pergamon conveys expressions of agony and a mass of limbs is true.

Mythology

Many classical works of Greek art highlight tales from ___________?

Geometric patterns

The Geometric style seen on the Dipylon Vase is characterized by __________________________________________________.

Orchestra

The most well-known feature of Greek theaters is the_ _________________.

False

( True / False ) The Greeks typically created free-standing sculptures using clay.

Iktinos and Kallikrates

The architects of the Parthenon were ________ and _______?

10,000

The theater at Pergamon could seat ___________ people and was one of the steepest theaters in the ancient world.

True

( True / False ) Drama and pathos are new factors in Hellenistic sculpture. The style of the sculpting is no longer idealized. Rather, they are often exaggerated, and details are emphasized to add a new, heightened level of motion and pathos.