Ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Art; AP Art History Flashcards

Greek

Greek

Greek

Niobid Painter (Greek)

Polykleitos (Greek)

Iktinos and Kallikrates (Greek)

Kallimachos (Greek)

Greek

Greek

Greek

Athenian Agora

Anavysos Kouros

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

Niobides Krater

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Acropolis

Parthenon

Helios, Horses, and Dionysus

Plaque of the Ergastines

Temple of Athena Nike

Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal

Grave Stele of Hegeso

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

Athena Frieze

Seated Boxer

Archaic through Hellenistic

Archaic

Archaic

Classical

Classical

Classical

Classical

Hellenistic

Hellenistic

Hellenistic

Plan

Marble and Paint

Marble and Paint

Clay, red-figure technique with white highlights

Roman Marble Copy of Greek Bronze Original

Marble

Marble and paint

Marble

Marble

Bronze

Athens, Greece

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Athens, Greece

Pergamon, Turkey

Greek, "high city," means a rugged, raised rock; site of the city's most important temple(s)

acroteria (pl); sculpture in the round placed on a roof

an open square or space used for public meetings or business in Ancient Greece

having four columns both in the front and rear of a temple

silhouetting of dark figures against a light background of natural, reddish clay, with linear details incised through the silhouettes

the main shrine room of a temple where a cult statue is housed

a graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees

paint made of pigment mixed with wax

lintel above the columns; contains the architrave and the frieze

slight bulging or curve in the shaft of a column to correct the visual illusion of concavity

shallow vertical grooves running along the long, narrow cylinder that comprises the majority of the column

a broad horizontal band of decoration and/or sculpture on architecture

battle between gods and giants in Greek mythology

tradition of depicting heads of figures on the same level; implies a single ground line

an oven used for making pottery

an archaic Greek sculpture of an idealized standing youth

a large Ancient Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine

a sculpture that is carved out of clay and dipped in wax; the sculpture is put into a clay casting and heated so that the wax will drip out of a hole at the bottom; as a result, space is left between the clay casting and the clay interior; molten metal is then poured into this space; after cooling, the case is cracked so that the now-metal sculpture can be released

space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze; often decorated with low relief carving

a style represented by a characteristic design of the columns and entablature

a ceremonial road for a procession built to honor Athena

low protective wall or barrier

virgin; often used to refer to Athena as Athena Parthenosq

the triangular top of a classical building; typically on top of an entablature and a portico

a garment worn by women in Ancient Greece, usually full length and tied at the waist

colonnade around the perimeter of the building

in later Greek pottery, the silhouetting of red figures against a black background, with painted linear details; the reverse of black-figure painting

covered walkway attached to a building; used as a framing device for the structure

the floor of a temple

part of a Doric entablature frieze; has three vertical grooves

deeply incised drapery that is clingy and tight so that it reveals the shape of the body

House of the Vettii

Alexander Mosaic

Head of a Roman Patrician

Augustus of Prima Porta

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Forum of Trajan

Trajan Markets

Basilica Ulpia

Column of Trajan

Pantheon

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

Roman

Roman

Roman

Roman

Roman

Apollodorus of Damascus

Roman

Roman

Early Empire

Republic

Republic

Early Empire

High Empire

High Empire

Late Empire

Cut stone and fresco

Mosaic

Marble

Stone and Concrete

Brick and Concrete (architecture); marble (columns)

concrete with stone facing

Marble

Pompeii, Italy

House of Faun, Pompeii

Rome, Italy

Rome, Italy

Rome, Italy

the semicircular rounded end of a basilica OR the endpoint of a church where the altar is located

an open-air courtyard in a Roman house or forum

in Roman and Christian architecture, an axially planned building with a long nave, side aisles, and apses (in Christian architecture, this is where the altar is placed)

a sculpture depicting a head, neck, and upper chest of a figure

the top of a church nave that is windowed and lets in light

in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling to lighten the weight of the ceiling

small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels OR a roman bedroom flanking an atrium

a rounded, circular roof; achieved by rotating an arch on its axis 180 degrees

a column that is still attached to a wall

a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receding in space

a public square with market place in a Roman city

a painting technique that involves applying paint onto a freshly plastered wall; the paint forms a bond with the plaster and becomes durable and long-lasting

a rectangular basin in a Roman house that is placed in the open-air atrium in order to collect rain water

the center stone of an arch that holds the others in place

a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass, called tesserae, that are cemented to a wall or floor

the main aisle of a church

a round opening at the top of a dome

an atrium surrounded by columns in a Roman house

depth and recession in a painting

a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface

straight lines emanating from the vanishing point

the physical line at which sky meets land; this will be wherever the vanishing point is

a point in the picture plane that is the intersection of orthogonals

the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance (contrast decreases; colors become less saturated)

a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast

single-room shops covered by a wide doorway

small pieces of colored stone or marble; used to create a mosaic

a ceiling constructed with arches

an arch extended into space horizontally that is curved at the top

two intersecting barrel vaults

sculptures from the Roman Republic characterized by extreme realism (and even exaggeration) of facial features

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

Temple of Minerva

Tomb of the Triclinium

Sculpture of Apollo

Etruscan

Master Sculptor Vulca

Etruscan

Terra Cotta

original temple of wood, mud brick, and tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture

tufa and fresco

Veli, Italy

Tarquinia, Italy

sculptures in the round placed on the roof

literally a "city of the dead," large burial area

a painting technique that involves applying paint onto a freshly plastered wall; the paint forms a bond with the plaster and becomes durable and long-lasting

a type of limestone

burial mounds in Etruscan architecture, tumuli covered one or more subterranean multi-chambered tombs cut out of the local tufa

a dining table in ancient Italy that has a couch on three sides for reclining at meals

an order of ancient architecture featuring slender, smooth wooden columns that sit on simple bases; no carvings on frieze or capitals