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Flashcards by Ellen Somers, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ellen Somers
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Define Aerolith | Statue with head and extremities made of marble/stone with a body of wood |
| Define Archaeic | Style of art belonging to Greece and its colonies in 650-480 BC. Characterised by frontal forms, symmetry, repetition and geometric abstractions |
| Define Archaistic | Sculpture created after 480 BC that intentionally imitated earlier Archaic art forms |
| Define Chryselepantine | Gold and ivory applied to a statue |
| Define Cire perdu | Lost wax method of casting |
| Define Classical | Culture and style of art of Greece in 480-424 BC- Characterised by balance, regular proportion and ideal beauty |
| Define Encaustic | Method used to paint stone sculptures. Pigments are mixed in hot wax and applied to a rough surface |
| Define Erotes? | Cupids |
| Deine Fasces | Bundle of sticks with an axe projecting, carried by lictors before chief Roman magistrates |
| Define In-the-round | Freestanding sculpture intended to be viewed from all sides |
| Define Kore (korai) | Sculpture of draped female figure characteristic of the Archaic period |
| Define Kouros (kouroi) | Sculpture of young male figure characteristic of the Archaic period |
| Define Polychromy | Multi-coloured painting of sculptures of all materials |
| Define Relief | Two-dimensional work in which the carved figures project from a background |
| Define stele (stelai) | Gravestone or freestanding commemorative slab |
| Define Strut | Bridge-like section of marble between a body and its extremities, common in Roman sculpture |
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