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Greek Art History Test
Slides and Terms based on Greek Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
10/01/2010

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Term
[image]
Definition
a)Figurine of a women
b)cycladic
c)24,00 BCE
d)Marble
e)Not designed to be free standing
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Harpist and Flutist
b)Cycladic
c)2,500 BCE
d)Marble
e)Burried in the Earth
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Queen Megaron
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Dolphin Fresco
e)from Knosses
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Throne Room
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Griffin Fresco
e)from Knosses
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Bull Fresco
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Dots is the result of filled in paint
e)From Knossses
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Flying Fish
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)filled in paint
e)from Knosses
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Young Fisherman
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Egyptian influence because of dark color
e)From Thera
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Flotilla
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Shows us types of fish available
e)Shows us what types of houses used
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Minoan beaked jug
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)11" high
e)Kamares ware
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Octopus Pot
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCe
d)no glaze
e)used for storage
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Pithos Jar
b)minoan
c)1500
d)tall as a human
e)usually used for grain
Term
[image]
Definition
a)sarcophagus
b)Minoan
c)1500
d)Painted limestone
e)Scenes of the Afterlife
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Snake Goddess
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Fiance Clay
e)No Idea why there is a cat on the head
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Havester Vase
b)Minoan
c)1500 BCE
d)Freeze all the way around of men and tools
e)one of the earliest pieces
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Corbeled gallery of Citadel
b)Mycenaean
c)1200 BCE
d)true arch
e)its a passageway
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Lion Gate at Mycenae
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)Limestone
e)Relieving Triangle
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Treasury of Atreus
b)Mycenaean
c)1200 BCE
d)Dug into hill
e)relieving triangle
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Vault of the Tholos
b)Mycenaean
c)1200 BCE
d)excavated by Schliemann
e)Largest unsupported structure in Europe
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Funerary warrior mask
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)Reposse
e)from Mycenae
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Inlaid Dagger
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)jagged edges
e)lion hunt decor
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Vaphieo Cup
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)One of 2 found
e)Reposse
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Female Head
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)Painted plaster
e)from Mycenae
Term
[image]
Definition
a)Warrior Vase
b)Mycenaean
c)1200
d)freeze narrative
e)one eye= egyption influence
Term
Zeus
Definition
youngest, most intelliegent and most powerful child; lord of the sky after Cronus; ruler of the gods; maintains order in the world of mortals; protects strangers and guests
Term
Poseidon
Definition
(Neptune) brother of Zeus; lord of the sea; causes earthquakes
Term
Hades
Definition
(Pluto) brother of Zeus; ruler of the underworld; lord of the dead
Term
Hera
Definition
(juno) sister and wife of Zeus; queen of Olympus; goddess of marriage and childbirth
Term
Demeter
Definition
(Ceres) sister of Zesus; a Great goddes or mother goddess like rhea and Gaea; goddess of grain
Term
Hestia
Definition
(Vesta) Sister of Zesus; kindestand most loved of gods; guardian of the home
Term
Apollo
Definition
twin of Artemis; god of prophecy, medicein, archer, and music, ; god of the sun in late greek mythology
Term
Artemis
Definition
twin of apollo; godddess of the hunt; goddess of the moon in late greek and roman mythology
Term
Athena
Definition
goddess of arts and crafts and defesnsive war; helper of heroes; goddess of wisdom in late greek and roman mythology
Term
Aphrodite
Definition
goddess of beauty and sexual desire
Term
persephone
Definition
wife of hades; queen of underworld
Term
The Fates
Definition
Clothos, Lachesis, and Atropos; determine the length of each mortals life
Term
Ares
Definition
god of war
Term
Hephaestus
Definition
husband of Aphrodite; metalsmith of the gods; famous form his creativity and skill
Term
Hermes
Definition
Zeus' messenger, guides traverlers and leads shades of the dead into the underworld; helps merchants and theieves
Term
Homer
Definition
great greek poet; writes the trojan war
Term
Knosses
Definition
Place of Minoan culture
Term
Beehive tomb
Definition
mycenaean structure *paper= treasury of atreus
Term
Ioninas
Definition
pre-greek civilization
Term
Relieving triangle
Definition
Negative space in the shape of a triangle used in structures-lion gate, Treasury of Atreus
Term
Illiad
Definition
Tale/poem
Term
Priam
Definition
King of Troy
Term
Megaron
Definition
throne room- where readings, feasts, worship and sacrifice happended
Term
Sir Arthur Evans
Definition
Amature Archeologist- excavated at Knosses
Term
Agean
Definition
Region around ageon sea
Term
Pausianias
Definition
early greek historian and wrote about mycenae
Term
Reposse
Definition
when copper/gold/silver is pounded into
Term
Cyclades
Definition
group of islands
Term
Schliemann
Definition
archeologist-fulfills his dreams and excavated-Vault of Tholos
Term
Labyrinth
Definition
famous maze structure at Knosses
Term
Agamennon
Definition
Leader of Mycenaean- his wife(Helan) kidnapped by (Paris) ensuing the trojan war.(goes to troy)
Term
Dorians
Definition
Pre-Greek Tribe-that migrated
Term
Treasury of Atreus
Definition
Burial tomb for Agamemnon
Term
Paris
Definition
Young Prince- Convinces Helen to elope with him and causes the trojon war because

Son of Priam
Term
Thera
Definition
Largest island in the Aregan
Term
Grave cricle A
Definition
area burried where riches are found
Term
Krater
Definition
wide bowl for mixing wine and water
Term
Tiryns
Definition
towns of mycean culture
Term
Niello
Definition
anicent black metal- for swords and shields
Term
Fresco Seco/Buon
Definition
dry paint on plaster/ wet paint on plaster
Term
Minos
Definition
King from Crete
Term
Minotaur
Definition
half-men half-bull
Term
Troy
Definition
where the trojan war happend, what is now turkey
Term
Maelaus
Definition
brother to Agamemnon, husband to helen
Term
Hector
Definition
Prince of Troy, Brother of Pris
Term
Helan
Definition
Wife of Paris
Term
Trojan War
Definition
War started because Helan was kidnapped because Paris convinces her to elope with him and Priam gets mad. wooden horse, 12 year war.
Term
Cyclopean architechture
Definition
huge blocks for wall that was thought to have been only by cyclops
Term
Citadel
Definition
fortified area with the cyclopean wall
Term
Dromos
Definition
Entry way into Tholos * Handout
Term
Corbel arch/ Vault
Definition
is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge. A corbel vault uses this technique to support the superstructure of a building's roof.

*handout
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