Art History Test 1
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soldierguy2 on February 15, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 form | an object's shape and structure, either in two dimensions. |
| style | a distinctive artistic manner. |
| post & lintel | a system of construction in which two posts support a lintel. |
| arch | a curved structural member that spans an opening. |
| concrete construction (pozzolana) | ... |
| barrel vault | ... |
| groin vault | ... |
| dome | a hemispherical vault |
| Doric Order | characterized by, capitals with funnel shaped echinuses, columns without bases, and a frieze of triglyphs and metopes. |
| Ionic Order | characterized by, among other features, volutes, capitals, columns with bases, and an uninterrupted frieze. |
| Corinthian Order | no such order exists, in strict terms, but only this type of capital used in the Ionic order. |
| plan | The horizontal arrangement of the parts of a building or of the buildings and streets of a city or town, or a drawing or diagram showing such arrangement. |
| elevation | a head-on view of an external or internal wall, showing its features and often other elements that would be visible beyond or before the wall. |
| cella | the chamber at the center of an ancient temple. |
| stylobate | the uppermost course of the platform of a classical temple, which supports the columns. |
| peristyle | In ancient Greek architecture, a colonnade all around the cella and its porch. |
| column | a vertical, weight-carrying architectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base, a shaft, and a capital. |
| entablature | the part of the building above the columns and below the roof. |
| frieze | the part of the entablature between the architrave and the cornice. |
| triglyph & metope frieze | a triple projecting, grooved member of a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes. |
| pediment | the triangular space at the end of a building. |
| nave | the central area of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church. |
| aisle | the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers. |
| apse | a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building. |
| transept | the part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle. |
| altar | a panel |
| amphitheater | Greek, "double theater." |
| triumphal arch | In Roman architecture, a freestanding arch commemorating an important event. |
| forum | the public square of an ancient Roman city. |
| basilica | a civic building for legal and other civic proceedings. |
| archaic | the artistic style of 600-480 BCE in Greece. |
| classical | the art and culture of ancient Greece between 480 and 323 BCE. |
| naturalism | the style of painted or sculptured representation based on close observation of the natural world. |
| Hellenistic | art and culture of the roughly three centuries between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and the death of Queen Cleopatra in 30 BCE. |
| Byzantine | ... |
| equestrian | ... |
| mosaic | patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors. |
| manuscript/vellum/parchment | ... |
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