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100
A _______ is a large jug used to carry water.
What is hydria (hi-dree-ah)?
100
A __________ is a group of three vertical ridges alternating with a plain metope in the frieze of a Doric Greek building.
What is a triglyph (try-glif)?
100
A ________ is any horizontal band, decorated with moldings or patterns, either painted or carved, usually at the upper end of a wall’ specifically in Greek architecture, the middle layer (plain or carved) of an entablature.
What is frieze (freeze)?
100
A _________ is the carved or plain areas between the triglyphs in the frieze of a Doric building.
What is metope (met-oh-pee)?
100
_______ painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid or paste is then applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used.
What is encaustic (en-koz-tik?)
200
_________ is an adjective and means having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere.
What is convex?
200
________ is any projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building, wall, arch, etc.; also, the topmost projecting part of an entablature in a Classical Greek building.
What is cornice?
200
A/An __________is Italian intavolatura, from in 'in' and tavola 'table') refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.
What is entablature (/ɛnˈtæblətʃər/; ?
200
An __________ is the main horizontal beam at the bottom of an entablature, resting on the capitals of columns. An architrave is often made of several lintels to stretch the length of the building.
What is architrave (arch-i-trave)?
200
_________ is an adjective and means having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere.
What is Convex (con•vex)?
300
A __________ is a support or column in the form of a human figure, usually female.
What is caryatid (care-ee-ah-tid)?
300
A ________ is the triangular area over the entablature in Classical Greek architecture, formed by the ends of a sloping roof and the cornice.
What is pediment?
300
__________ are major elements of classical architecture, and are commonly divided into the architrave (the supporting member immediately above; equivalent to the lintel in post and lintel construction), the frieze (an unmolded strip that may or may not be ornamented), and the cornice (the projecting member below the pediment).
What is entablatures?
300
A ________ is the triangular area over the entablature in Classical Greek architecture, formed by the ends of a sloping roof and the cornice.
What is pediment?
300
A _________ is a support or column in the form of a human figure, usually female. See atlantes.
What is caryatid (care-ee-ah-tid)?
400
___________ is the subtle convex swelling of a Classical Greek column shaft.
What is entasis (en-tah-sis)?
400
A/An __________ is the main horizontal beam at the bottom of an entablature, resting on the capitals of columns. An architrave is often made of several lintels to stretch the length of the building.
What is architrave (arch-i-trave)?
400
The term _____________ refers to a technique in sculpting a human figure in a pose that shows the weight of the body in balance. With weight on one leg, the shoulders and hips counterbalance each other in a natural way so that the figure does not fall over.
What is contrapposto (kon-tra-pohs-toh)?
400
_________ is any projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building, wall, arch, etc.; also, the topmost projecting part of an entablature in a Classical Greek building.
What is cornice?
400
________ is the subtle convex swelling of a Classical Greek column shaft.
What is entasis (en-tah-sis)?
500
__________ painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid or paste is then applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used.
What is encaustic (en-koz-tik)?
500
The ___________ is the carved or plain areas between the triglyphs in the frieze of a Doric building.
What is metope (met-oh-pee)?
500
The concepts of symmetry, proportion and _______ are already found in the earliest known written sources of different people.
What is harmony?
500
A _______ is a group of three vertical ridges alternating with a plain metope in the frieze of a Doric Greek building.
What is triglyph (try-glif)?
500
A _______ is a large jug used to carry water.
What is hydria (hi-dree-ah)?
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