typer

Terracotta

Terracotta

baked clay or earthenware

Agora

public open space that functioned as a Marketplace and Center for politics and other assemblies

Temenos

sacred enclosure surrounding a temple or sanctuary

Frieze

any sculpture or painting in a long horizontal format

Cella

inner chamber of a temple usually houses a cold statue

opisthodomos

Back Porch or rear room of a greek temple

Peristyle

line of columns and closing a space

Entasis

Bulging center of a column constructed to correct the optical illusion that may otherwise make the column shaft appear to curve inward

shaft

vertical cylinder part of a column top by a capital and sometimes rest on the base

Stylobate

uppermost step leading to a temple that creates the platform on which the columns are on

Entablature

horizontal lentil on a building that consists of a different bands of molding might include a architrave, frieze, cornice

Metope

plane or decorative slab on a DORic frieze between triglyphs

pediment

triangular component that sits the top of a column porch doorway or window

sculpture in the round

free

Colonnade

long series of columns at regular intervals that support our roof or other structure

High relief

raised forms that project far from a flat background

Chryselephine

gold and Ivory

Iconography

visual images or symbols used by artists within their work to convey specific meaning

Tumulus

amount of Earth raised over a burial or grave

a sphinx

winged monster with human head and lion body

Griffin

mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a bird often winged

Repousse

relief created by hammering malleable metal from the reverse side

chasing

metal work technique in which designs are worked into the front surface of the object

filigree

type of decoration usually on gold or silver

Cloisonne

Decorative enamel work technique which cut gemstones glass or colored enamel paste are separated into compartmented designs by flattened strips of wire

granulation

decorative technique in which beads of precious metal or fuse onto a metal surface

Volute

decorative element in the form of a coiled scroll

Karyatid

Stone statue of a young woman can be used like a column to support the etablature of a temple

Contrapposto

posture of the human body that shifts mostly onto one leg suggesting ease and potential for movement

Cylclopean masonry

Stone building technique in which the large Boulders are roughly shaped and fitted together to create well

Akroteria

sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple

Slip

layer of fine clay or glaze apply to Ceramics before firing

low relief

raised forms that project only slightly from a flat background

Foreshortening

two

Stele

carved stone slab that is placed upright and often features commemorative imagery or inscriptions

lekythos

small bottle for perfumed oil to anoint a corpse or a grave marker and offering to the dead or the Gods

Krater

large vessel usually use for diluting wine and water

red figure

red decoration on a black background

black figure

black decoration on a red background

Sanctuaries

Sacred Space reserved for worship of a deity often enclosed by a wall and includes open air Alters

megaron

architectural foreigners in Mycenaean Palatial complexes, includes a porch and a main hall

Peristyle

line of columns and closing a space

Cella

inner chamber of a temple usually houses a cold statue

post and lentil

Construction in which two upright posts support a horizontal beam

Entasis

bulging center of a column constructed to correct the obstacle illusion that may otherwise make the column shaft appear to curve inward

stylobate

uppermost step leading to a temple that creates the platform on which the columns are situated

Anta

slightly projecting piers on each side of the entrance to a Greek or Roman Temple that terminate the cella and porch wall

In antis

arranging columns so that the end piers project further than those in the middle

Pronaos

porch or vestibule in the center of a temple

Adyton

rear room behind the cella of a temple, used for rituals, opisthodomos when used in storage

Terracotta

baked clay earthenware

Treasury

buildings paid for by individual Greek city states to house their offerings at the centuries to the god

Akoteria

sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple

K aryatid

Stone statue of a young woman can be used like a column to support the entablature of a temple

Pediment

triangular component that sits a top of a column porch doorway or window

Capital

distinct top section of a column usually decorative

Frieze

sculpture or painting in a long horizontal format

Low relief

race forms that project only slightly from a flat background

Perspective

two dimensional representation of a three

Foreshortening

two

High relief

raised forms that project far from a background

Cache

deposit of materials or objects that do not include a burial

Chryselephantine

made of golden ivory the Greek word for gold and elephant

Kore

freestanding archaic Greek statue of a clothes young woman

Kouros

Archaic Greek sculpture of a naked young man

Votive

image or object created as a devotional offering to a deity

Peplos

simple long belted Garment of wool worn by women in ancient Greece

archaic smile

upturned lips of a Greek Archaic sculpture

amorpha

ancient Pottery vessel with a narrow neck large oval body and two handles used for storage or bulk transportation of food stuff such as wine olive oil and olives

Contraposto

posture of the human body that shifts most weight onto one leg suggesting ease and potential for movement

Metope

plane or decorative slab on a dork frieze between triglyphs

lost wax casting

method of creating metal sculpture in which a clay mold surrounds a wax model and then is fired when the wax melts away molten metal is poured to fill the space

Flutes

shallow ridges running vertically along a column or other surface

Agora

ancient Greek towns, a public open space that function as a Marketplace and Center for politics and others

Contrapposto

Posture of the human body that shifts most weight onto the leg suggesting ease and potential for movement

Skene

ancient Greek Theater the structure of the back of the stage

Peristyle

line of columns and closing a space

tumulus

mound of Earth raised over a burial or grave

Ashlar

Stonewall masonry technique using finally cut square blocks late in precise rose without or with motor

fresco

painting on wet plaster, and once hardened the painting becomes an integral part of the wall

perspective

two

for shortening

two dimensional artworks, which the illusion of a form receding into space the parts of an object or figure closest to the viewer are depicted as largest and those furthest as small

Barrel vault

tunnel vault a semi cylindrical ceiling that consists of a single curve

triglyph

block with three vertical bands separated bye v

Meotope

plain or decorated slab of a dork frieze between triglyphs

attic

facade or triumphal Arch the section above the frieze decorated with painting sculpture or an inscription

frieze

Part of an entablature located above a architrave

sacrophagus

container for human remains

diadem

crown or ormated headband worn as a sign of status

Repousse

relief created by hammering malleable metal from the reverse side

register

horizontal section of work usually defined by a line or band

Agora

public open space that functioned as a Marketplace and Center for politics

Baroque

style of art and decoration characterized by a sense of drama and splendor through formal spatial projection

sculpture in the round

free

podium

raise platform that serves as a base

high relief

raised forms that project far from a flat background

Akoteria

sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple

lost wax casting

method of casting metal sculpture in a clay mold that surrounds a wax model and then is fired when the wax melts away molten metal is poor to fill in the space

Buddha

perfect stage of Enlightenment of buddhahood, the enlightened one

monolithic

formed of a singular large block of stone