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Online Quiz 1 Art Appreciation Final Chapter 10-10 Principles & Elements of Design China Issues Sovereign
Apadana
Darius's Apadana
Persepolis
Persepolis Layout
What was the Hall of 100 columns used for? It was a throne room
-stone
What kind of columns were in the Hall of 100? -base, shaft, capital
-Intercolumniation
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in Persepolis: used as a throne room and royal audience hall
Hypostyle Halls -has a lot of columns basically
-"a building having a roof supported by many pillars"
Tribute the apadana was a tribute to the Persian King and his power
the son of Darius, second King, finished Persepolis, claims that he built the Gate of All Nations
Xerxes
-claims that anything he built was because of the good power of Ahuramazda
What are the three major parts of the Temple of Hera? Adyton, Cella, Pronaos
What Greek buildings were in the Archaic Period? Temple of Hera at Olympia, Temple of Hera Italy
Parthenon Pic
opisthenaos
opisthodomos
Design Elements of the Parthenon
cella=naos
pronaos
They were the four sides of the Parthenon and the sculptures on them
-Gods vs. Giants
What were the doric metopes of the Temple of Athena? -Greeks vs. Amazons
-Greeks vs. Trojans
-Greeks vs. Centaurs
What was unique about the top of the building walls of the Continuous Ionic Frieze at the top
Parthenon?
What is the statue of Athena Parthenos made of and where ivory and gold (chryselephatine) located in the cella (naos)
was it located?
Propylaia Picture
Interior: Ionic
What kind of interior and exterior is on the Propylaia?
Exterior: Doric
Because the land was uneven and there was The Temple of Athena Nike that they couldn't build
Why was the Propylaia assymetrical?
over at the time
What kind of plan did the Temple of Athena Nike have? tetrastyle amphiprostyle plan (non-peripteral)
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The Temple of Apollo Epikourios Bassai
Peristyle
-pronaos
What kind of plan did the temple of apollo have? -cella
-adyton
-opisthodomos
Exterior: Doric
What was the interior and exterior of the Temple of Apollo
Interior: Ionic (+ 1 corinthian column in the middle)
What is the major significance of the Lysikrates monument? it was possibly the first example of corinthian column
the theatron
the three important elements of the Theater at Epidauros orchestra
skene
Abacus
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Agora Buildings Layout
Anathyrosis the technical term for how the ancients frequently dressed the joints of stone blocks
What is an architrave? (epistyle) the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns in classical architecture
Ashlar masonry
Caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column
Choragic monument
Chyselephatine greek statues built around a wooden frame with thin carved slabs of ivory attached
What is a cornice/geison? the top petruding part of a building, the part that hangs over the side
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Doric
Echinus
Engaged Columns columns that are attached somewhat to another wall or structure
Entablature
a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of
Entasis
concavity produced by a straight shaft