Chapter 8 Art
Terms
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- Kouros
- male youth that may have been a god or an athlete
- realism
- term used to describe the time in which vase figures became more lifelike and were placed in storytelling scenes
- contraposto
- the pose shows the wieght of the body balanced on one leg, while the other is free and relaxed
- geometric
- term used to describe the period which vases were decorated with bands of simple goemetric patterns
- capital
- tops of columns in Greek architecture
- stylobate
- the top step of the Greek platforms on the Greek temples and building
- ionic order
- columns had an elaborae base and a capital carved into double scrolls that looked like the horns of a ram.
- skene
- the backstage area of greek theater where actors could change their costumes and masks, but also servced to represent the location of the plays, which were usually set in front of a palace or a house
- corinthian order
- Columns with a capital that is elongated and decorated with leaves
- doric order
- simple, heavy columns without a base and topped by a broad, plain capital
- Cornice
- on top of hte frieze of the greek temples
- acropolis
- sacred hill raised 500 fee above the rest of the city and is crowned with several important buildings
- audience
- where the general public sat on benches built up on the side of a hill in the Greek theatres
- chorus
- a goup made up of 12-15 singing and dancing memebers that tried to stay in rhythm with each other so they could be viewed as one entity rather than separate entities during Greek theater
- Kithara
- a plucked string instrument that came to be linked with Apollo
- karoi
- Clothed women sculptures often goddesses
- aulos
- a loud, double reed instrument that came to be identified with Dionysus
- orchestra
- the large circular or rectangular area in the Greek theater where signing and dancing occurred
- frieze
- a decorative band running across the upper part of the Greek temples
- amphitheater
- Greek theater building