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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Why was the Nile-o-meter important to the society and architecture of Egypt? | It allowed scribes to make predictions |
| Highway of Ancient Egyptian era? | The Nile River |
| Architectural progress grew through _______ and __________ | trial, error |
| How did architects protect pyramids from robbers? | They were built to fool robbers |
| Units of mesurement | body parts |
| Who built the pyramids? | Slaves |
| What method was used to build pyramids? | Post and lintel |
| Mastaba | Looks like a pyramid with the top cut off. shaped like /‾‾\. Built for pharoahs. |
| Post | vertical |
| lintel | horizontal |
| Djoser/Zoser | King for which the Tomb at Saqqara and Step Pyramid were built |
| Imhotep | Architect who built the Tomb at Saqqara and Step Pyramid. |
| Where was gold found near Egypt? | In Nubia |
| How was the Mastaba built? | by stacking layers on top of one another. |
| Snefru | Bent Pyramid, Red Pyramid |
| Cheops | Great Pyramid at Giza |
| Chephren | Spinx and Medium-size Pyramid at Giza |
| Mycerinus | Smallest Pyramid at Giza |
| Great Pyramid- Dimensions | 485 feet tall, each side of the square base is 755 feet |
| Hatshepsut | First female pharaoh |
| Senmut | the consort of Queen Hatshepsut and the architect of her funerary temple |
| Amenhotep III | Added to the temple at Luxor |
| Amenhotep IV | Built a new city |
| Temples of Luxor and Karnak | Religious temples, pharaohs put hieroglyphics on the walls to "compete" |
| First ritual play? | Death of Osiris; Egyptian roots |
| theatron | Seeing place |
| auditorium | hearing place |
| Dionysus | God of wine and fertility |
| Function of the first ritualistic performances? | Celebrate the Gods. |
| Why did theatre develop in Greece? | Ethos (self-pride) and because of the belief that the Gods were human-like and could be imitated. |
| Tragos | Means "Goat" or "Goat Song", Tragedy Plays |
| Conventions of Greek Theatre | Masks, costumes, props, tools (eccyclema and dues ex machina), parados (stage entrance), no violence onstage |
| Masks | allowed actors to play more than one role or gender. contained megaphones. |
| Early Theatre Space | SR- ritual performance; CS- Altaro to Dionysis; SL- Shed for changing |
| Late Theatre Space | Painted background, parados, collonades, center in foreground, orchestra, dancing place |
| How many actors were there? | At first only one; Aeschylus introduced the second one, and Sophocles introduced the third one. |
| duex ex machina | god machine. lifted actors |
| eccyclema | no violence onstage; carried "dead" bodies onto the stage |
| skene | stage house, changing room, storage |
| orchestra | dancing place |
| periaktoi | three sides, one scene painted on each side. |
| function of the chorus? | represented society. Provided advice, opinions, and characters. |
| Who wrote what Aristotle considered to be the finest example of tragedy? | Sophocles. Oedipus Rex |
| Thespis | first actor |
| Aristotle | poetics/6 elements of tragedy |
| Aeschylus | wrote about Gods. Themes: Justice, human dignity, choice, tragic flaw, |
| Sophocles | Wrote about heroes. Themes: wordly themes |
| Euripides | Wrote about men as they are. Themes: social commentary, psychology, passion |
| Aristopanes | Wrote Old Comedy. Themes: satire, pretensions, war. |
| Menander | Wrote New Comedy Themes: Daily life, struggles. |
| tragic flaw | Hubris |
| Epistemology | Theory of Knowledge |
| philosophy | love of wisdom |
| Ionians | observational philosophy |
| Thales | water is fundamental, magnet has a soul because it makes things move |
| Anaximander | cosmology. Believed elements combined to create flat discs (earth and planets). All living things is a result of their seperation. |
| Heraclitus | Everything is in "flux", change is constant, oppisite of Anaximander and parmenides. |
| Logos | logic and reason. |
| Ethos | credibility and ethics |
| Pathos | passion and emotion |
| Why did philosophy develop in Greece? | Because of Logos (myths can't explain EVERYTHING), when hard questions were asked, good answers were given (ethos), |
| Pythagoras studied | music/harmonics |
| Sophists | "wise ones", not so wise. |
| Relativism | man is measure of all things |
| subjectivism | truths are relative to the observer; there is no objective or independent truth |
| Why did some disagree with sophists? | they were not virtuous |
| Socrates wrote.... | nothing! he had no writings |
| Socratic method | questioning to reveal ignorance |
| Plato | wrote dialogues, founded The Academy, and "Theory of 'Forms'" |
| Aesthetics | beauty and art. Art must have inspiration |
| Plato believed in a | governing class |
| Where did Aristotle graduate from? | Plato's Academy |
| Aristotle | knew many things on mnay subjects. Physics, metaphysics, ethics, politics, poetics, tragedy. |
| Golden mean | everything should be in moderation |
| Skepticism | Open mind to all knowledge. Happiness is the susbension of judgement |
| Epicuranism | focus on happiness. avoid pain. |
| Stoicism | detachment from the material world. reason and virtue. |
| 6 Elements of tragedy | Plot, Theme, Character, Diction, Music, and Spectacle |
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