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Roman Republic
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An attendant spirit supposedly dwelling as a vital force in a man or statue.
What is ka?
100
the use of massive stone of irregular shap and size, style
What is Cyclopean masonry?
100
Polykleitos discovery of making sculptures by the porportions of other body parts. Seen in his famous Doryphoros.
What is canon of proportion?
100
The triangular upper part of the front of a building in a classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.
What is pediment?
100
An epic in latin by Virgil tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War.
What is Aeneid?
200
A striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient egypt. Covvered the whole crown and back of the head and nape of the neck.
What is nemes?
200
a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses cantivered in war until two wall meet in an arch.
What is corbel vaults?
200
An archaic greek statue of a young man standing and often naked.
What is kouros?
200
A horizontal continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall comprising the architrave frieze and cornice.
What is entablature?
200
Author of the epic Aeneid.
What is Virgil?
300
A board or slab on which makeup is layed upon.
What is palette?
300
form in relief by beating a metal plate leaving impression on the face.
What is Repousse?
300
The pursuit of pleasue sensual self indulgence.
What is hedonism?
300
A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.
What is ranking cornice?
300
Roman who established the roman empire and became emperor in 27 BC defeated Mark Anthony and Cleopatra.
Who is Augustus?
400
A tomb structure that served as a chamber for the Ka statue of a deceased individual.
What is serdab?
400
A temple with a O plan.
What is tholos?
400
the astion of taking something for one's own use typically without the owner's permission.
What is appropriation?
400
A slender fluted column having an ornate bell shaped capital very decorative.
What is corinthian capital?
400
The long period of peace and minimal expansion by military force.
What is Pax Romana?
500
A male figure that functions as a supporting column.
What is Atlantid?
500
Passage way leading to a tholos tomb.
What is dromos?
500
an instrument with a curved black used to scrape sweat and dirt from the skin in a hot air bath or after exercise.
What is strigil?
500
Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece he ordered the construction of the Parthenon.
Who is pericles?
500
Artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature. A form of realism.
What is Verism?