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Flashcards: Chapter 4- Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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megaronrectangular reception hall with columnar facade vestibule
Thera(Santorini)volcanic island with Minoan ruins
tholosancient circular tomb
labyrinthintricate plan and scores of rooms; like a maze
Sir Arthur Evansexcavated on Crete
Schliemannexcavator of Troy and Mycenae
Cycladesgroup of islands in Aegean Sea
Grave Circle AMycenaen tombs of kings and families
Cyclopean wallconstructed of gigantic irregular blocks
Aegeansea between Greece and Asia Minor
kraterbowl for mixing wine and water
citadelfortress that commands a city
PausaniasGreek traveler and guidebook author
KnossosMinoan capital city
TirynsMycenaean fortified city
relieving trianglean area above a lintel designed to lighten the load
dromosthe passage into a beehive tomb
repousse'metalworking technique
nielloblack metallic alloy
corbeled vaultconstructed of overlapping stone courses