Art history exam 3

Terracotta

“baked earth” in Italian, a type of clay

Necropoli

Burial Ground for Etruscans

Tumuli

Etruscan tombs

Capitoline Shewolf, Artist Unknown, Etruscan culture

Lost wax casting

A process for casting metal objects by creating a wax model that is melted away.

Chimera of Arezzo, Artist Unknown, Etruscan culture

Apollo of Veii, artist unknown, Etruscan Culture

Tufa

Kind of limestone

Tomb of the Reliefs, Etruscan culture

Tarquin

Etruscan King expelled before Roman replublic was easablished

509 BCE's significance historically

The end of Etruscan rule and start of the roman republic

Lucretia

beloved patrician who was raped which cause by member of the royal family.

Res publica

the public property or the administration.

Pont Du Gaurd, Roman,

the pantheon,

Barrel Vault

Groin Vault

Augustus of Prima Porta, Roman

Ara Pacis, Roman

Arch of Titus, Roman

Portrait of a Husband and Wife, Roman,

Psuedoperipteral

Peripteral like, resembling Greek architecture

Monopteral

round building with coloumns around the entire structure

Patrician

Member of ruling class or aristocrats of Roman society

pax romana

period of roman peace, lasted 200 years, starts with Caesar Augustus

ara pacis

Altar of peace

Amphitheater

stadium which is enclosed on all sides to form an oval.

Fauces

The narrow entryway from the street.

Atrium

The central public room of the house

Cubiculum

The small, painted-but-windowless bedrooms

Tablinum:

The homeowners’ office, study, or greeting area.

Peristyle Garden:

The open courtyard or garden

Triclinium:

The dining room,

Lararium:

A shrine to the Roman household gods,

Three Branches of Roman Republic

Consuls, Senate, Assembly

Cella

Latin for temple

Recipe for roman concrete

Pozzolana, Lime, Water, Aggregate

Palestra

large open field surrounded by colonnades.

Theater vs Amphitheater

Theater is half round, Amphitheater is enclosed

Cavea

seats in an amphitheater

thermopolium

roman street food stall

Pistrinum

bakery

Consuls

executive branch of roman goverment. consisting of 2 magistrates who held office for one year

Senate

advisory branch of roman gov, lifetime term, 300 citizens

assembly

the govemental body made up of the army and all citizens

assembly of centuries

made of memebers of the army, they voted on matters of war and military

assembly of tribes

made up of all citizens who voted on all general laws and trials

senator

member of the senate branch

Dictators power or purpose

served a 6 month term in times of war

Satire

literary work that ridicules its subject to make a comment or criticism

Formal satire

spoken in first person

Horatian Satire

type of formal satire named after the poet Horace, gentle in tone

Juvenalian

type of formal satire, named for poet Juvenal, bitter or angry in tone

Indirect satire

expressed through characters actions and words they themselves say and do.

Exaggeration

in satire, to enlarge or increase beyond what is normal so it becomes ridiculous

Incongruity

in satire, thangs are out of place and absurd in relation to its surroundings

reversal

opposite of what is normal

Parody

imitates techniques or style of something.