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AP Art History - Chapter 5 Greeks

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the leaves on the Corinthian capital
high city in a sacred hill on which the Parthenon was built
perception of beauty
marketplace
two-handled greek storage vase
period of greek art from 900 to 500 b.c., earliest period of great vase painting and beginning of monumental stone sculpture
rigid and precise system for the elevation of a greek temple
lowest member of the entablature. series of stone blocks which directly on the columns
style which the entire design is painted in black silhouette against the red clay, internal design is scratched in with a needle
cushion at the top of the column
female figure which functions as a column
mythological beast, half man and half horse
500-400 b.c. beginning of age was determined from historical event of the ending of the persian wars
series of regularly space columns supporting a lintel
graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips, one knee bent and all the weight of the body place on the "engaged" leg
classic greek order. has a tall slender column with a capital formed from acanthus leaves
projecting, crowding member of the entablature
direct rule of the people
double row of columns
classic greek order. simple form with heavy fluted columns and a plain capital
section of a shaft or a column
entire structure above the columns
swelling in the middle of the shafts on a column
temple on the Acropolis

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