Ancient Art Terms

The citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city.

Man made channels to bring water to cities.

A series of arches supported on piers or columns.

A large oblong building used as a hall ofjustice and public meeting place.

The city or town that is the official seat of government

A sculptured female figure used as a column.

A series of regularly spaced columns supportingan entablature and usually one side of a roof.

When statues put all their weight onto one leg.

a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on amonument.

The entire construction of a classical temple

Standing alone.

Technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground upin water or a limewater mixture.

Any decorative band at the top or beneath the cornice of aninterior wall, a piece of furniture, etc.

Characterized by deviations of various sorts from theproportions and arrangements of the mature Greek orders

Situated in the original, natural, or existing place orposition.

A gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.

The process by which a metal sculpture is cast from an artist's sculpture.

A systematic series of actions directed to some end.

Any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, betweentriglyphs in the Doric frieze.

A picture or decoration made of small, usually coloredpieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.

Of or pertaining to mythology.

Gods.

an ornamental recess in a wall

An eye of a dome.

an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.

A major division of a façade.

A stone coffin.

A spiral or twisted formation or object.