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Acanthus: the leaves on the Corinthian capital
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Acropolis: means high city is a sacred hill on which the Parthenon was built
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Aesthetic: a perception of beauty
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Agora: is a marketplace
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Amphora: is a two-handled Greek storage jar
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Archaic Period: the period of Greek art from 900 to 500 BC. It was the earliest period of great vase painting and the beginning of monumental stone sculpture
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Architectural Order: is a rigid precise system for the elevation of a Greek temple. The Greeks never tampered with this internal consistency which gave the temple its organic unity
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Architrave: the lowest member of the entablature. It is a series of stone blocks which directly on the columns
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Black-Figure Painting: is a style in which the entire design is painted in black silhouette against the red clay. The internal design is scratched in with a needle.
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Capital: is the cushion at the top of the column
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Caryatid: is a female figure which functions as a column
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Centaur: is a mythological beast, half man and half horse
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Classical Age: 500-400B.BC. the beginning of this age was determined from a historical event, the end of the Persian wars. "classical" refers to the art produced in general which is based on the type of art
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Colonnade: a series of regularly shaped columns supporting a lintel
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Contrapposto: ("counterbalance") It is the graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips, one bent knee, and all the weight of the body placed on the "engaged" leg. Alternating parts of the body flexed and relaxed. It is a method developed by the Greeks to represent freedom of movement.
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Corinthian: is a classic Greek order. It has a tall, slender column with a capital formed from acanthus leaves. It is the most elaborate of the architectural orders.
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Cornice: the projecting, crowning member of the entablature
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Democracy: is the direct rule of the people (demos)
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Dipteral: a double row of columns
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Doric: is a classic Greek order. It is a simple form with heavy fluted columns and a plain capital
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Drum: is a section of a shaft or a column
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Entablature: is the entire structure above the columns
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Entasis: a swelling in the middle of the shafts on a column
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Erechtheion: temple on the Acropolis (caryatids porch)
