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Krater

vessel used to mix water and wine.

Example: Geometric krater

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meander pattern

key-like pattern surrounding vessel of Geometric krater

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encaustic technique

pigment is mixed with hot wax and applied to statue; very durable

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Kouros

male youth; plural: kouroi

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Kore

maiden

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Amphora

two handled jar; typically used to store wine or oil

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foreshortening

figures depicted at angle to mimic depth

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Pediment

triangle space at end of building; ornamental space

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contrapposto

weight shift or counterpositioning of body from central axis.

Example: Kritios Boy; Riace Warrior; Spearbearer

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fibula

clasp or safety pin; used to clasp a woman’s gown at shoulder

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repoussé

hammered relief; achieved by beating metal plate from behind, leaving impression.

Example: Fibula with Orientalizing Lions

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Tumulus

multi-chambered tomb; specific to Etruscans

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senate

council of elders or senior citizens; specific to Roman Empire

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consul

leader of Republican Roman Empire

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plebeians

working class Roman citizens

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patricians

upper class Roman citizens

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barrel vault

extension of a simple arch; creates semicylindrical ceiling over parallel walls; require additional buttressing.

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groin vault

formed by intersection of right angles of two barrel vaults; requires less buttressing

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hemispherical dome:

dome usually resting on cylindrical drums.

Example: Pantheon

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veristic portrait

superrealistic Roman Republican portrait Example: Head of Old Man, Vespasian;

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triumphal arch

monumental arch, originally built to celebrate victory in war; also used to commemorate leader.

Example: Arch of Titus, Arch of Trajan, Arch of Constantine

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oculus

literally mean “eye”; the round central opening of a dome

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coffers

sunken decorative panels; lessen weight of a structure without weakening it

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damnatio memoriae

Roman decree condemning those who ran afoul with Senate; those who suffered damnation memoriae had all memorials demolished and names erased from public works.

Example: Septimius Severus with Family

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tetrarchy

literally means “rule by four”; type of Roman government established by Diocletian in an attempt to establish order by sharing power with potential rivals

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Dipylon Geometric krater, 8th Cent. BCE, Greek-Geometric period

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Kouros,ca. 7th Cent. BCE, Greek-Archaic

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Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game,ca. 6th Cent. BCE, Greek-Archaic

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KritiosBoy, 5 Cent. BCE,Greek-Classical

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Polykleitos, Doryphoros(Spearbearer),5th Cent. BCE,Greek-Classical

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Lysippos, Weary Herakles, 4th Cent. BCE, Greek-Late Classical

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Nike of Samothrace, ca. 2nd Cent. BCE, Greek-Hellenistic

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Athanadoros, Hagesandros,
Polydorosof Rhodes, Laocoönand His Sons, 1stcentury, Greek-Hellenistic

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Corinthian Order

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Iktinosand Kallikrates, Parthenon (Temple of Athena), Athens 5th Cent. BCE, Greek-Classical

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Fibula with Orientalizing Lions, 7th Cent. BCE, Etruscan-Orientalizing

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Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple, ca. 6th Cent. BCE, Etruscan Archaic

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Tumuli (plural) Tumulus (singular) at Banditaccianecropolis, Cerveteri, Italy, 7thcentury BCE Etruscan Archaic

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Capitoline Wolf,ca. 500-480 BCE, Etruscan Classical

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AuleMetele(Arringatore), 1stcentury BCE, Etruscan Hellenistic

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Temple of Portunus, Rome, Italy, 1st Cent BCE, Republic period

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Head of Old Man, 1stcentury BCE, Roman-Republic period

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Dionysiacmystery frieze, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, ca. 1st Cent. BCE, Roman-Republic

(example of Second Style Pompeiian wall paintings)

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