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The Human Figure
Architecture
Gods & Goddesses
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
When the figure's weight shifts to one leg...a relaxed stance.
What is contrapposto
100
The Parthenon is of the _____________ order
What is Doric
100
The Acropolis is dedicated ______________
Who is Athena
100
The triangular section on the facade a Greek temple
What is a pediment
100
high city
What is akro-polis (acropolis)
200
Idealized figures used as grave markers
What are kouros / kore
200
(read like Sylvester the cat....) Participants in the Panathenaic Procession proceeded with peers across this plaza promptly to the Parthenon.
What is the Athenian Agora
200
The goddess of Victory
Who is Nike
200
A ceramic pot used to mix wine & water
What is a krater
200
marketplace
What is an agora
300
Polykleitos sculpted this figure according to his canon
What is Spear Bearer / Doryphorous
300
The mathematical ratio of the Parthenon
What is 4:9
300
This goddess is shown while completing a mundane task
Who is Nike (adjusting her sandal)
300
She is seriously supportive of the Erechteion
What is a caryatid
300
She was intended to be part of a fountain
Who is Nike of Samothrace
400
She was the first nude female sculpture in Ancient Greece.
Who is Aphrodite of Knidos
400
This structure has a large frieze in the Pergamon style
What is the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
400
The battle between the gods & titans!
What is gigantomachy
400
The garment presented to Athena and worn by some kore
What is a peplos
400
These fashionistas were in charge of weaving Athena's peplos
Who were the Ergastines
500
The Seated Boxer reflects the Hellenistic style through these two characteristics
What is non-idealized and dramatic
500
The Acropolis was the vision of ______________, overseen by ________________, and designed by _______________
Who are Pericles, Phidias, and Iktinos
500
These two children of Leto sought revenge on Niobid for bragging about his wealth of children.
Who is Niobid
500
Alternates with a metope on a Greek temple
What is a triglyph
500
Red and black figure vase painting flourished during this period
What is Archaic