Exam 2 (Ancient Greece-Imperial Rome)

Funerary Krater from Dipylon Cemetery

Archaic, Bracket 1, Athens

Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi

Archaic, Bracket 1, Delphi

Reconstruction of the Treasury of the Siphnians

Archaic, Bracket 1, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi

Battle Between the Gods and Giants

Archaic, Bracket 1, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi

Temple of Hera

Archaic, Bracket 1, Poseidonia, Italy

Temple of Aphaia

Archaic, Bracket 1, Aegina

The Greek Orders

Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

West Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia

Archaic, Bracket 1, Aegina

Dying Warrior from the West Pediment

Archaic, Bracket 1, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

Dying Warrior from the East Pediment

Archaic, Bracket 1, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

Archer “Paris”

Archaic, Bracket 1, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

Metropolitan Kouros

Archaic, Bracket 1, Attica

Anavysos Kouros

Archaic, Bracket 1, Anavysos Cemetery

Kritios Boy

Early Classical, Bracket 1, Acropolis, Athens

Warrior A from Riace

Early Classical, Bracket 1, Riace Marina, Italy

Reconstruction of the Acropolis

Classical

Parthenon

Classical, Kalikrates and Iktinos, Bracket 2, Acropolis, Athens

East Pediment of the Parthenon

Classical, Bracket 2, Acropolis, Athens

Lapith Fighting a Centaur

Classical, Bracket 2, Metope Relief, Doric Frieze, South Side, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

Horsemen Detail from the Procession

Classical, Bracket 2, North Side, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

Colossus of Athena

Classical, Phidias, Bracket 2, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)

Classical, Polykleitos, Bracket 2

Monumental Entrance to the Acropolis

Early Classical, Bracket 2, Athens

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

Early Classical, School of Praxiteles, Bracket 2

Aphrodite of Knidos

Early Classical, Praxiteles, Bracket 2

Man Scraping Himself (Apoxymenos)

Classical, Lysippos, Bracket 2

Alexander the Great Confronting Darius

Hellenistic, Bracket 2

Theater at Epidauros

Classical, Bracket 2

Dying Gaul

Hellenistic, Epigonos, Bracket 2

Altar of Pergamon

Hellenistic, Bracket 2

Athena Attacking the Giants

Hellenistic, Bracket 2, Altar from Pergamon

Laocoon and his Sons

Hellenistic, Bracket 2

sanctuary

holy location, place of worship

black-figure technique

greek style of pottery painting, slip used for drawing turns black when fired, and then background remains clay colored

caryatid

sculpture of a woman who serves structurally as a column

pedestal

supportive base structure

entablature

horizontal, continuous lintel structure

architrave

main beam that rests on the tops of columns, the lowest part of the entablature

frieze

middle register of entablature, typically decorative

pediment

triangular upper part of the face of a classical building, typically on top of columns

peristyle

row of columns surrounding an area

entasis

slight curve in a column intended to counterbalance the visual perception of a straight column

volute

scroll part of an ionic column

flute

grooves in the side of a column

capital

uppermost part of a column

kore

draped female grave marker

kouros

male grave marker

peplos

outer robe/shawl worn by Ancient Greek women

contrapposto

pose in sculpture where standing figure is placing more weight on one hip than the other

acropolis

a stronghold on elevated ground, famously the Athenian Acropolis

the canon of Polykleitos

treatise on creating and proportioning sculpture

Alexander the Great

Ancient Greek king of Macedon, undefeated in battle, death marks the beginning of the Hellenistic period

mosaic

image or pattern composed of small pieces of stone, glass, ceramic, or gems

Porta Augusta

Roman Republic, Bracket 2, Perugia, Italy

Roman Architectural Orders

Tuscan, Composite

Head of a Man “Brutus”

Roman Republic, Bracket 2

Capitoline She-Wolf

Etruscan, Bracket 1

Portrait Head of an Elder

Roman Republic, Bracket 2

Patrician Carrying Portrait Busts

Roman Republic, Bracket 3

Aulus Metellus (The Orator)

Roman Republic, Bracket 2

Pont du Gard

Roman Republic, Bracket 3, Nimes, France

Denarius with Portrait of Julius Caesar

Roman Republic, Bracket 3

Temple of Portunus(?)

Roman Republic, Bracket 2, Forum Boarium, Rome

Augustus of Primaporta

Roman Republic, Bracket 3

Ara Pacis (Altar of Augustan Peace)

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Rome

Imperial Procession from Ara Pacis

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, South Side, Ara Pacis, Rome

Pompeii

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3

House of the Silver Wedding

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Pompeii

Peristyle Garden

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, House of the Vettii, Pompeii

Wall Painting in the “Ixion Room”

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, House of the Vettii, Pompeii

Still Life

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, House of the Stags (Cervi), Herculaneum

Portrait of a Married Couple

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Pompeii

Arch of Titus

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Rome

Spoils from the Temple of Solomon

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Arch of Titus, Rome

Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum)

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3, Rome

Young Flavian Woman

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3

Middle-Aged Flavian Woman

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3

Model of Imperial Rome

Imperial Rome, Bracket 3

Trajan’s Forum

Imperial Rome, Bracket 4, Rome

Trajan’s Market

Imperial Rome, Bracket 4, Rome

Column of Trajan

Imperial Rome, Bracket 4, Rome

Pantheon

Imperial Rome, Bracket 4, Rome

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Imperial Rome, Bracket 4

Julius Caesar

Roman dictator of the Roman Republic, member of first triumvirate

Augustus

aka Octavian, son of Julius Caesar, first Roman emperor

Vespatian

Roman emperor, established Flavian dynasty post-civil war, commissioned Colosseum

Trajan

Roman emperor

Hadrian

Roman emperor, distant cousin of Vespatian, built Hadrian’s wall for defense

Tuscan Order

simplified doric

Composite Order

combination of ionic and corinthian

acanthus leaf

symbol of immortality and resurrection, used in corinthian and composite column capitals

verism

naturalism

engaged columns

columns attached to a wall (not actually providing any structural support)

buttress

architectural support against or extending from a wall

keystone

center stone at the top of the arch that maintains the necessary tension

mausoleum

a building made to hold one or more tombs

forum

public area used for judicial and/or public business

still-life

work of art containing mostly inanimate subject matter

barrel vault

several arches placed against each other to form a tunnel

groin vault

multiple arches crossed over each other, allowing for multiple barrel vaults to connect