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 |
AP Art History - Chapter 5 Greeks
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