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Parthenon
100
the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a lime water mixture.
What is True Fresco
100
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is allegory
100
follows the slope of a gable or pediment.
What is Ranking cornice
100
a vault forming a half cylinder.
What is Barrel Vault
100
a square space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
What is Metope
200
is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar.
What is Cyclopean Masonry
200
refers to the work of painters draw attention to the everyday conditions of the working classes and the poor, and who are critical of the social structures that maintain these conditions.
What is Social Realism
200
unglazed, typically brownish-red earthenware, used chiefly as an ornamental building material and in modeling.
What is Terracotta
200
an approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.
What is Pragmatism
200
an ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
What is Cornice
300
is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge; supports the building roof.
What is Corbel Vaulting
300
belonging or relating to Corinth, especially the ancient city.
What is Corinthian
300
an ancient burial mound; a barrow.
What is Tumulus
300
is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.
What is Eclecticism
300
(in classical architecture) a main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
What is Architrave
400
a circular tomb of beehive shape approached by a horizontal passage in the side of a hill.
What is Tholos
400
the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space.
What is Facade
400
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
What is Sarcophagus
400
artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; a form of realism
What is Verism
400
the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice.
What is Frieze
500
shaped or ornamented with patterns in relief made by hammering or pressing on the reverse side —used especially of metal.
What is Repousse
500
the practice of forming or pursuing ideals, especially unrealistically.
What is Idealism
500
Etruscan temples stood on high ______ with a single central staircase.
What is Podium
500
embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached.
What is Engaged Columns
500
a horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
What is Entablature