Art History Flashcards

Cycladic Civilization

3000-1600 BCE

Female Cycladic figures

c. 2500, marble

Minoan Civilization

2000-1450 BCE

The Palace at Knossos

1600-1400, plan reconstruction staircase

The Queen's Megaron with dolphins' fresco

Knosses, 1700-1300

Toreador Fresco (Bull Jumping)

Knossos, 1500, reconstruction

Snake Goddess

Knossos, 1600, faience

Spring Fresco

Thera, (Santorini) 1600-1500

The Flotilla Fresco

1500, Thera

Octopus Vase

1500, terracotta

Mycenaean Civilization

1600-1100 BCE

Arial view of Mycenae

Greece, 1600-1200

Lion Gate

1300, limestone,relief

Tholos tomb

(Treasury of Atreus) 1300, stone

Mask of Agamemnon

1500, Gold

Rhyton

ancient greek drinking horn

Megaron

main hall or central living space of a house

Corbel, corbel vault

used in the lion gate, did it in gym the blocks hold eachother up

Heraldic pose

lion looking towards the observer

Tholos

circular structure often a temple

King Minos

Ruled during the peak of Aegean civilization

Geometric style

900-700 BCE

Geometric amphora

c. 750 BCE, terracotta, Dipylon cemetery

Griffin-head protome

c. 650 BCE, bronze

Archaic style

600-400 BCE

Siphnian Treasury at Delphi

525 BCE, Delphi

The Temple of Hera I

550, Paestum, Italy

The Temple of Hera II

500, Paestum, Italy

Kore

630, limestone

New York Kouros

600, Marble

Kriosos

540-525, marble

Chios Kore

520, marble

Central portion of the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis at Corfu

600

Dying Warriors, from teh pediments of the Temple of Aplaia

500, marble

Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice

Artist: Exekias, 540-530, terracotta, black-figure amphora

Dancing Revelers

artist: Euthymides, 500, terrocotta, red-figure amphora

Classical Style

480-323

The Kritios Boy

480, marble

Poseidon/Zeus

450, bronze

Diskobolus

450,roman marble copy of bronze original, artist: Myron

Warrior from Riace

450, bronze with bone, glass paste, copper inlay

Doryphoros or Spear Bearer

440, roman marble copy of bronze original, artist: Polykleitos

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, west pediment of the Temple of Zeus

Olympia, 460, marble

Hermes

320, roman copy artist: Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

340, roman marble copy, artist: Praxiteles

Niobid Painter, kalyx krater including Death of the Children of Niobe

450, terracotta, red-figure krater

The Acropolis

Athens, 427-405
The Parthenon (Athena Parthenos, Dionysos, Three Goddesses, Lapith
and Centuar, Horsemen)
The temple of Athena
The Erechtheum

Theater at Epidauros

Third century

Hellenistic style

323-31 BCE

Dying trumpeter fo Pergamon

230, roman copy, bronze original

Nike of Samothrace

190, marble

Drunken Old Woman

late 13th century, roman copy

Altar of Zeus

180, marble, from Pergamon

The Battle of Issos (Alex and the Persians)

100, mosaic copy from Pompeii of Helenistic painting

Amphora, Krater

two handed pot with a slender neck
used for diluting wine

Doric

simplest

Ionic

more flutes than doric, have a small base to stand on

Corinthian

elaborate capitals

Volute

scroll-like on ionic base/capitol

Architrave

cheif beam

Frieze

wide central section part of an entablature

metope

rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs

triglyph

seperates metopes

cornice

horizontal crown or mold that completes a building or wall

entablature

horizontal moldings and bands above columns

naos

temple

peripteral temple

temple or structure surrounded by a single row of columns

ballustrade

low wall placed along stairs or entryways

agora

central square in greek cities and stuff

Human-headed cinerary urn

650, terracotta

Sarcophagus of a married couple

Cerveteri, 520, terracotta

Apollo of Veii

510, painted terracotta

Capitoline Wolf

500, bronze

Arringatore

first century, bronze

Tomb of hunting and Fishing

520, Targuinia, fresco

Burial chamber, Tomb of the Reliefs

third century, Cerveteri

Tumulus (tumuli)

mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves