1. MINOAN AND MYCENAEAN ART
Agamemnon – Mck discovered my schlieman, probably fake – greek king conquered the
city of troy
Ashlar masonry – Precisely cut blocks of stone
Beehive tombs – another word for Tholos tomb
Citadel – Agamemnom's is located in Mycenae/palace
Corbel vaulting – used in Tholos tombs, precisely cut stones to create a conical
roof, joined at the top by a capstone
Cyclopean masonry – drywall masonry named for massive stones only movable by
cyclops
Filigree - delicate kind of jewel work made with twisted threads usually of gold
Gilding - applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces
Megaron – A palace great or main room
Peloponnese Peninsula – area in southern Greece
Relieving triangle - is a space (usually triangular) above a lintel in megalithic
architecture to relieve the weight of the masonry
Repoussé - s a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or
shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
Shaft graves – vertical pits 20-30 feet deep
Tholos – Above ground tombs, shaped similar to a keyhole
Trojan War
Un/dressed masonry -Stone blocks used in masonry can be dressed or rough. Stone
masonry utilizing dressed stones is known as ashlar masonry,
whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as

2. GREEKS TERMS
Canon - the limited number of masterpieces by which all other are
judged, also - material that is considered to be genuine
Deme - simple subdivisions of land in the countryside
Humanism – affirmation of ham's right to exist, there is no bad or
good, only human
Kratios - ?
Libation - Libation
Mimesis - basic theoretical principle in the creation of art. The
word is Greek and means “imitation” (though in the sense of “re-
presentation”
Protagoras- believed nothing was exclusively good or bad, true or
false and that man is his own authority, saying that "man is the
measure of all things, pre-socratic friend of plato
Architectural concepts
Entasis - application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic
purposes. Used on culumns to make them seem straight from ground
level perspective
Golden ratio – golden mean – 1.6.... Creates perfect spirals
Sacred geometry – circle square like the parthenon
Architectural elements
Architrave - is the beam that rests on the capitals of the columns.
Capital- tops of the column, can be doric, ionic,
or corinthian
Cella – the main/center room
Column – can be Doric, ionic, or Corinthian
‘Corinthian’- leafy column always fluted, third
order

3. -‘Doric’ - first column style, flat top, sometimes fluted
-Entablature - superstructure of moldings and bands which lie
horizontally above columns, resting on their
capitals.
-‘Ionic’ - second column style, always fluted, curly tops
-Metope – between the triglyphs, can never be on the edge
often has an image or picture
-Pediment - the triangular section found above the horizontal
structure (entablature), typically supported
by columns
-Peristyle – the row of columns surrounding the cella
-Triglyph – always ends in a triglyph, contain vertical bands
Pottery technique
-Black-figure – black slip scratched off to create details
-Red-figure – red figures painted to create details
-White ground – a painting technique using white slip
Sculpture
-Archaic smile – closed lip expression used during archaic
times
-Contrapposto – presenting figures with tension and relaxation
to create idealized figures. AKA
muscle tension
-Eurhythmy -rhythmical movement or order; harmonious motion or
proportion
-Kore (pl. korai) – female statue never on the acropolis
clothed
-Kouros (pl. kouroi) – male, always on acropolis, nude
-Wet drapery - cloth that appears to cling to the body in

4. Architectural elements
Barrel vault - ceiling or roof consisting of a series of semi-
cylindrical arches
Buttress- additional support of adjacent structures
Dome
Groin vault - intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults
Keystone – top block in an archm move pressure to the pier
Rounded arch/arcuate forms – used to displace weight to the sides
Voussoir – wedge shaped stone used to build arches
Aqueduct
Augustus - Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus considered the first emperor
of the Roman Empire
Cement
Civil engineering/design/construction of city buildings/road/etc
Deification - being deified or embodies the qualities of a god
Forum/a -an open area where soldiers trainted
Grecophilia - characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian
Idealization – to make in an idealized way, “perfection”
Illusionism/Trompe l’oeil – means trick the eye- render 3d in 2d
Imagines -were Roman funerary masks, thought to have been made of wax

5. Infrastructure - structures needed for the operation of a
society or enterprise
Insula/e - apartment building, multiple stories, most destroyed
by eathquakes
Necropolis – Meaning city of the dead, grave areas
Orator Pose -
Patricians/Plebians – wealthy/poor respectively
Pax Romana - long period of relative peace and minimal
expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire
Pontifex Maximus - was the high priest of the College of
Pontiffs in Rome – vestial vergins and priests under pont. max.
Propaganda
Sarcophagus/i
Tellus - Roman Earth Mother goddess
Tesserae - is an individual tile in a mosaic
Tetrarchy – a form of government, meaning “rule of four”
Verism – rendering of a plebeian instead of a hero

6. Infrastructure - structures needed for the operation of a
society or enterprise
Insula/e - apartment building, multiple stories, most destroyed
by eathquakes
Necropolis – Meaning city of the dead, grave areas
Orator Pose -
Patricians/Plebians – wealthy/poor respectively
Pax Romana - long period of relative peace and minimal
expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire
Pontifex Maximus - was the high priest of the College of
Pontiffs in Rome – vestial vergins and priests under pont. max.
Propaganda
Sarcophagus/i
Tellus - Roman Earth Mother goddess
Tesserae - is an individual tile in a mosaic
Tetrarchy – a form of government, meaning “rule of four”
Verism – rendering of a plebeian instead of a hero