General Vocab
an extremely realistic and naturalistic art style commonly used in Roman portraiture
What is verism?
The medium that most Etruscan artworks were made of
What is terra-cotta clay?
The top part of a column holding up the roof of a temple.
What is a capital?
The first Greek artwork with contrapposto
What is the Kritios boy?
This new material allowed Romans to create rounder and more stable structures like domes and arches
What is concrete?
the technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space
What is foreshortening
A box of cremated remains from Cerveteri, Italy with Greek Archaic influence
What is Sarcophagus of the Spouses?
The horizontal beam above a row of columns
What is an architrave?
Vase painting technique where black figures are painted on red clay
What is black-figure?
This roman god was used to show the divinity of Augustus Caesar in one of his famous statues
Who is cupid?
A type of public building erected in a rectangular shape and used as a hall of justice and commerce.
What is a basilica?
What is fresco?
A high relief column
What is an engaged column?
The first nude female in Greek sculpture
What is Aphrodite of Knidos?
The Alexander wall mosaic in Pompeii came from this period and style
What was Hellenistic Roman art?
The front porch or entrance of a building surrounded by columns
What is a portico?
What type of columns did Etruscans use for their temples instead of Doric columns
What are Tuscan columns?
a technique used by Greek architects to make their temples look straight to the naked eye
What is entasis?
A battle between these two Greek gods was depicted in the West pediments of the Parthenon
Who are Posiden and Athena?
This roman emperor built the column of Trajan
Who is Hadrian?
a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling
What is a coffer
The artist who created the statue of Apollo Veii from the temple of Minerva
Who is Vulca?
An intersection o two barrel vaults
What is a groin vault?
This temple showcased a battle between Olympian gods and giants on its freize
What is the altar of Pergamon?
The pantheon in Rome is dedicated to these 5 planetary gods
Who are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury?