Bronze
material used for weapons during the Bronze Age
Knosses
Palace used by King Minos
Minotaur
Half Man-Half Bull
Elaborate
Space in which the Minotaur Lives
Rhyton
oblect filled with wine for special events
Granulation
precious metal fused to the surface.
Fresco
Panting technique which water based pigments are applied
Archaic
Early Greek Art
Slip
Wet Clay.
Niello
type of metal that can be cut, different colors
Homer
Greek Poet, none for writing the Odyssey
Cyclopean
Race of Giants
Parthenon
Famous Greek Architecture, made out of Marble.
Doric Order
Column
Corinthian Order
Ionic Order
Corbeled Vault
vault built up in regular courses layers
Megaron
great room" large audience hall for residences
Acropolis
High City
Cella
Temple main room
Pronaos
vestibule
Metopes
flat tops
Triglyphs
Vertically grooved panels
Medusa
Female monster who hair are made of snakes
Kouros
Young Man, boy, Greek atheletes representation
Kore
Young Women
Bell Krater
bell shaped bowl for mixing wine
Naturalism
resemblance to visible nature
Riace Warriors
over human size bronze statues, Greek
Polykleitos
0
Contrapposto
a certain stants that are used for the human image in Greek Sculptures
The Canon
rule" or "law
Praxiteles
Oracle
Ideal of a person or can predict the future
Hellenistic
Greek
The Laocoon Group
Depicts the Trojan war between Troy and Greece
Dying Gaul
Aphrodite of Melos
Nike of Samothrace
Pediment
a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
Foreshadowing
dramatic scene of a violent action
Undercutting
dramatic contrast of light and shade that play over context form
Crenellated
(notched) towers, glazed brick gate.
Gold Leaf
thin sheets of hammered gold
Stucco
slow drying type of plaster that can easily be modeled or molded
3 parallel rooms
Atrium
a room with a shallow indoor pool for drinking,cooking, and bathing
Sarcophagi
larged carved tomb chest
Theater Epidauros
Temple of the Olympian Zeus
Mosaic
picture made of tiles
Tesserae
small cubes of colored stones
She-Wolf
Temple Portunus
Pont Du Gard
...
Aqueducts
structures with water, part of a system that brings water
Piers
column or a door
Bay
succession of arches which supports the unit of one arch
Spandrels
adjacient to curves of an arch
Barrel Vault
a simple round arch can be lengthened and formed
Buttressing
long curving sides requires external support
Groin Vault
two barrel vaulted spaces intersect each other
Pantheon
Roman
Fasces
sticks or bundle of sticks
Fascism
a form of government that is ruled by a dictator
Constantine
emperor of Rome, in 313
Constantinople
Previously known as Byzantium, Constantine changed the name of the city and moved the capitol of the Roman Empire here from Rome. now called Turkey
Iconography
studies of images within the picture
Cherubim
temple consisted of courtyards, porch, hall, and holy of holies the ark
Catacombs
underground burial chambers
Menorahs
seven branched lamps
House-Synagogue
synagogue built within a private home
Cubiculum
small room in the 4th century
Transept
a wing that crossed the nave and aisles at a right angle
Conches
semidomes, expand outward from the central dome
Naos
Central core
Galleries
side aisles that flank the Naos
large masonry supports at the corners of the dome's square base
Exedrae
semicircular niches
Manuscripts
old book written by hand on a parchment
Parchment
specifically prepared animal skin
Folio
manuscript page
Icons
on painted panels
Iconoclasm
veneration of images
Mandorla
almond shaped light
Dove
Symbol of purity
Lamb
symbol of sacrifice
Fish
symbol for Jesus
The Cross
Christian Emblem
Calligraphy
art of fine writing
Masque
building of worship for the Islamic religion, they are all in a direction where they are facing Mecca
Mihrab
niche for identifying the qibla
Minaret
system of repeated bays and aisles can easily be extended, a huge tower
Madrasas
schools for advanced studies in palaces and hostels
Iwan
a vaulted open room
Muqarnes
niche-like cells, unique to the Islamic culture
Atelier
illustrated manuscript of the Hamzanama, Persian classic about the adventures of Hamza
Interlace
is the color scheme of the delicate floral
Dome of the Rock
Alter
wooden panel used for worship, Gothic
Hercules and Antaeus
Renaissance
Rebirth
Automorphism
figure without shape
Florence Cathedral
Rusticated
Stone Blocks
Sacristies
rooms that house ritual attire, and vessels
Impost Block
section of entablature resting on slender Corinthian columns
Loggia
an open covered gallery
Sgraffito
decoration used by scratching through plaster or glaze
David Donatello
Birth of Venus
Vitruvian Man
Michelangelo David
Realism
an approach to art in the ancient times
Paris Salon
biennial exhibition open to member of the french academy
Camera Obscura
Latin for "Dark Camera
Daguerreotype
a still life of plaster cast and a framed drawing, which makes the early claim of photography
Bassano