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What is the most probable date of the T…
Who created the Trojan Horse?
Where is the Trojan Horse located?
What medium was used to build the Troja…
1250 BC
Epeius the craftsman who built it, ... Odyseus came up with the p…
Unknown, probably modern day Turkey
Pine Wood
What is the most probable date of the T…
1250 BC
Who created the Trojan Horse?
Epeius the craftsman who built it, ... Odyseus came up with the p…
round arch
keystone
Barrel Vault
Groin Vault
A wall or another arch is needed to counter the outward force…
top stone of the arch
a half-round ceiling is made by placing a series of round arch…
is formed when two barrel vaults meet at right angles
round arch
A wall or another arch is needed to counter the outward force…
keystone
top stone of the arch
Round arch
Keystone
Barrel Vault
Groin/Cross Vault
Semicircular arch; curved structure from Ancient Rome
Central summit stone that locks another piece by pushing two f…
Architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curv…
Vault created by the intersection at right angles of two barre…
Round arch
Semicircular arch; curved structure from Ancient Rome
Keystone
Central summit stone that locks another piece by pushing two f…
Athenian Agora... 600-150 BCE (Archaic-Hel…
Anavysos Kouros... 530 BCE (Archaic)... marbl…
Peplos Kore... 530 BCE (Archaic)... marble, t…
Niobides Krater... 460-450 BCE (Archaic)... c…
marketplace... materials repurposed
looks Egyptian
women wore clothes, men didn't
for holding wine
Athenian Agora... 600-150 BCE (Archaic-Hel…
marketplace... materials repurposed
Anavysos Kouros... 530 BCE (Archaic)... marbl…
looks Egyptian
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Checks & Balances
Republic
Citizens vote directly on an issue and make a decision.
Citizens elect representatives to represent them and make a de…
Allows each branch to check on the others and share the same p…
The Romans established a republic; a government in which citiz…
Direct Democracy
Citizens vote directly on an issue and make a decision.
Representative Democracy
Citizens elect representatives to represent them and make a de…
Anthropomorphic Stele
White Temple and its ziggurat
Palette of King Narmer
Statue of Votive Figures
Fourth millennium B.C.E.... content- bladed dagger-low relief- to…
c. 3500-3000 BCE... cnt... multiple bent axis entrance point... cella r…
3000-2920 BCE... cnt... dispay and focus human action... iconography e…
2700 bce... big eyes in awe of god in prayer... give sacrafice to go…
Anthropomorphic Stele
Fourth millennium B.C.E.... content- bladed dagger-low relief- to…
White Temple and its ziggurat
c. 3500-3000 BCE... cnt... multiple bent axis entrance point... cella r…
Funerary Krater... - Geometric... - 900-700 B…
Anavysos Kouros... - Archaic... - 600-480 BCE…
Peplos Kore... - Archaic... - 600-480 BCE... - A…
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game... - Arch…
Funerary Krater... - Geometric... - 900-700 B…
Anavysos Kouros... - Archaic... - 600-480 BCE…
What time period was Greek and Roman ar…
What was put to use during the Greek an…
What did abstract figures include?
What did sculptors add?
1000-700BC geometric period
use of patterns
more realist people and animals
hair to the back of the sculptures and widened their stance to…
What time period was Greek and Roman ar…
1000-700BC geometric period
What was put to use during the Greek an…
use of patterns
Acropolis
Acropoli - Athens
Aphrodite
Athena
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were loca…
temple: place of worship... -athen: most important city in times…
Goddess of love and beauty
Goddess of wisdom and war... -one of the strongest Goddess... -depic…
Acropolis
Greek for "high city". The chief temples of the city were loca…
Acropoli - Athens
temple: place of worship... -athen: most important city in times…
idealized and intellectual; secular and…
innovation
temples to glorify gods
civic buildings (baths, forum) to honor…
Although Greek and Roman art share many similar characteristic…
While the Greeks excelled at ________, Romans were known for o…
preferred structure for the Greeks
preferred structure for the romans
idealized and intellectual; secular and…
Although Greek and Roman art share many similar characteristic…
innovation
While the Greeks excelled at ________, Romans were known for o…
Athenian Agora
Tholos
Stoas
Anavysos Kouros
A plaza at the base of the Acropolis that contained commercial…
an ancient circular shrine or temple
walkway with columns on one side and a wall on the other
Marble and paint... 530 B.C.E ... idealized version of young warrior…
Athenian Agora
A plaza at the base of the Acropolis that contained commercial…
Tholos
an ancient circular shrine or temple
Kouros
Kore
frieze
Capital
An Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male.
An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, esp…
the topmost or head member of a column
Kouros
An Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male.
Kore
An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
acropolis
amphora
amphitheater
apse
"high city", usually the site of the city's most important tem…
a two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, to hold w…
arena theater with rising tiers around a central open space
A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilic…
acropolis
"high city", usually the site of the city's most important tem…
amphora
a two-handled jar used for general storage purposes, to hold w…
Greek methology is usually based on
Figure from Amonrgos
Columns of palace on Knossos
Monoan culture is founded on island of
the olympian gods
Venus Figuriane
narrow at the bottow and wide at the top. Cusioned capital; Bu…
crete
Greek methology is usually based on
the olympian gods
Figure from Amonrgos
Venus Figuriane
Agora
Anavysos Kouros
Peplos Kore
Doryphoros
600-150 BCE. Athens (flat ground, easily accessible from cente…
530 BCE. Anavysos, Greece. Marble. Funerary marker. Grave of K…
530 BCE. Acropolis, Athens. Marble. Votive statue of a goddess…
450-440 BCE. By Polykleitos of Argos. Pompeii, Italy. Marble.…
Agora
600-150 BCE. Athens (flat ground, easily accessible from cente…
Anavysos Kouros
530 BCE. Anavysos, Greece. Marble. Funerary marker. Grave of K…
Style of column that has a more elabora…
The _________________ was one of the Gr…
In the ______________ period of Greek s…
Early Greek vases were decorated with s…
Ionic
Parthenon
Hellenistic
Geometric
Style of column that has a more elabora…
Ionic
The _________________ was one of the Gr…
Parthenon
Archaic Greek Art
red figure
black figure
Foreshortening
600-480 BCE (7th & 6th centuries). Influenced by Egyptian art.…
red clay colored figures reserved against black background wit…
a style in Greek pottery decoration composed of black figures…
The representation of forms on a two-dimensional surface by sh…
Archaic Greek Art
600-480 BCE (7th & 6th centuries). Influenced by Egyptian art.…
red figure
red clay colored figures reserved against black background wit…
Aerial View of the Colosseum
Portrait of Augustus as a general
Portrait Bust of a Roman patrician
Seated Boxer
-Imperial Rome, Italy ... -70-80 CE ... -Built by Flavian ... -holds 50…
-20 BCE ... -6'8" high ... -copy of Bronze, original ... -depicted as a…
-Republican period ... -75-50 BCE ... -life size ... -verism ... -full scu…
-From Rome, Italy ... -100-50 BCE ... -4'2" high ... -copper inlaid in…
Aerial View of the Colosseum
-Imperial Rome, Italy ... -70-80 CE ... -Built by Flavian ... -holds 50…
Portrait of Augustus as a general
-20 BCE ... -6'8" high ... -copy of Bronze, original ... -depicted as a…