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Terracotta

baked clay or earthenware

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Agora
public open space that functioned as a Marketplace and Center for politics and other assemblies
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Temenos
sacred enclosure surrounding a temple or sanctuary
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Frieze
any sculpture or painting in a long horizontal format
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Cella
inner chamber of a temple usually houses a cold statue
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opisthodomos
Back Porch or rear room of a greek temple
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Peristyle
line of columns and closing a space
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Entasis
Bulging center of a column constructed to correct the optical illusion that may otherwise make the column shaft appear to curve inward
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shaft
vertical cylinder part of a column top by a capital and sometimes rest on the base
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Stylobate
uppermost step leading to a temple that creates the platform on which the columns are on
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Entablature
horizontal lentil on a building that consists of a different bands of molding might include a architrave, frieze, cornice
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Metope
plane or decorative slab on a DORic frieze between triglyphs
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pediment
triangular component that sits the top of a column porch doorway or window
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sculpture in the round
free
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Colonnade
long series of columns at regular intervals that support our roof or other structure
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High relief
raised forms that project far from a flat background
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Chryselephine
gold and Ivory
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Iconography
visual images or symbols used by artists within their work to convey specific meaning
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Tumulus
amount of Earth raised over a burial or grave
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a sphinx
winged monster with human head and lion body
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Griffin
mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a bird often winged
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Repousse
relief created by hammering malleable metal from the reverse side
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chasing
metal work technique in which designs are worked into the front surface of the object
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filigree
type of decoration usually on gold or silver
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Cloisonne
Decorative enamel work technique which cut gemstones glass or colored enamel paste are separated into compartmented designs by flattened strips of wire
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granulation
decorative technique in which beads of precious metal or fuse onto a metal surface
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Volute
decorative element in the form of a coiled scroll
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Karyatid
Stone statue of a young woman can be used like a column to support the etablature of a temple
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Contrapposto
posture of the human body that shifts mostly onto one leg suggesting ease and potential for movement
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Cylclopean masonry
Stone building technique in which the large Boulders are roughly shaped and fitted together to create well
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Akroteria
sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple
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Slip
layer of fine clay or glaze apply to Ceramics before firing
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low relief
raised forms that project only slightly from a flat background
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Foreshortening
two
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Stele
carved stone slab that is placed upright and often features commemorative imagery or inscriptions
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lekythos
small bottle for perfumed oil to anoint a corpse or a grave marker and offering to the dead or the Gods
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Krater
large vessel usually use for diluting wine and water
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red figure
red decoration on a black background
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black figure
black decoration on a red background
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Sanctuaries
Sacred Space reserved for worship of a deity often enclosed by a wall and includes open air Alters
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megaron
architectural foreigners in Mycenaean Palatial complexes, includes a porch and a main hall
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Peristyle
line of columns and closing a space
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Cella
inner chamber of a temple usually houses a cold statue
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post and lentil
Construction in which two upright posts support a horizontal beam
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Entasis
bulging center of a column constructed to correct the obstacle illusion that may otherwise make the column shaft appear to curve inward
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stylobate
uppermost step leading to a temple that creates the platform on which the columns are situated
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Anta
slightly projecting piers on each side of the entrance to a Greek or Roman Temple that terminate the cella and porch wall
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In antis
arranging columns so that the end piers project further than those in the middle
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Pronaos
porch or vestibule in the center of a temple
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Adyton
rear room behind the cella of a temple, used for rituals, opisthodomos when used in storage
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Terracotta
baked clay earthenware
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Treasury
buildings paid for by individual Greek city states to house their offerings at the centuries to the god
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Akoteria
sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple
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K aryatid
Stone statue of a young woman can be used like a column to support the entablature of a temple
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Pediment
triangular component that sits a top of a column porch doorway or window
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Capital
distinct top section of a column usually decorative
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Frieze
sculpture or painting in a long horizontal format
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Low relief
race forms that project only slightly from a flat background
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Perspective
two dimensional representation of a three
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Foreshortening
two
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High relief
raised forms that project far from a background
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Cache
deposit of materials or objects that do not include a burial
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Chryselephantine
made of golden ivory the Greek word for gold and elephant
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Kore
freestanding archaic Greek statue of a clothes young woman
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Kouros
Archaic Greek sculpture of a naked young man
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Votive
image or object created as a devotional offering to a deity
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Peplos
simple long belted Garment of wool worn by women in ancient Greece
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archaic smile
upturned lips of a Greek Archaic sculpture
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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
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Contraposto
posture of the human body that shifts most weight onto one leg suggesting ease and potential for movement
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Metope
plane or decorative slab on a dork frieze between triglyphs
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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
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Flutes
shallow ridges running vertically along a column or other surface
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Agora
ancient Greek towns, a public open space that function as a Marketplace and Center for politics and others
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Contrapposto
Posture of the human body that shifts most weight onto the leg suggesting ease and potential for movement
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Skene
ancient Greek Theater the structure of the back of the stage
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Peristyle
line of columns and closing a space
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tumulus
mound of Earth raised over a burial or grave
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Ashlar
Stonewall masonry technique using finally cut square blocks late in precise rose without or with motor
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fresco
painting on wet plaster, and once hardened the painting becomes an integral part of the wall
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perspective
two
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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
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Barrel vault
tunnel vault a semi cylindrical ceiling that consists of a single curve
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triglyph
block with three vertical bands separated bye v
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Meotope
plain or decorated slab of a dork frieze between triglyphs
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attic
facade or triumphal Arch the section above the frieze decorated with painting sculpture or an inscription
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frieze
Part of an entablature located above a architrave
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sacrophagus
container for human remains
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diadem
crown or ormated headband worn as a sign of status
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Repousse
relief created by hammering malleable metal from the reverse side
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register
horizontal section of work usually defined by a line or band
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Agora
public open space that functioned as a Marketplace and Center for politics
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Baroque
style of art and decoration characterized by a sense of drama and splendor through formal spatial projection
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sculpture in the round
free
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podium
raise platform that serves as a base
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high relief
raised forms that project far from a flat background
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Akoteria
sculptures that Adorn the roof of a temple
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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
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Buddha
perfect stage of Enlightenment of buddhahood, the enlightened one
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monolithic
formed of a singular large block of stone