Ap World History Vocabulary Summary
EXAM I VOCABULARY
Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40,000-8,000 BC Old Stone Age, mankind produced
* Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements)
* Iconography – pictoral representations
* sculpture in the round – sculptured on all sides – to be viewed from any angles. Detached from a background. * freestanding sculpture vs. relief sculpture * relief is a three-dimensional image or design who flat background surface is carved …show more content…
* Encaustic – painting technique using pigments mixed with hot wax
* Daedalic style – * Daedalic sculpture displays Eastern (“Orientalizing”) influences: wiglike hair, large eyes, and prominent nose. *
* Gigantomachy – the symbolic struggle between the cosmic order of Olympians (lead by Zeus) and the nether forces of Chaos led by the giant Alcyoneus.
* Centauromachy – battle of Centaurs and the Lapiths (Parthenon metopes)
* Caryatid – sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support replacing a column
* Acropolis – high city.
* Frieze – the middle eminent of an entablature that includes the triglyphs and metropes, below the cornice. * Triglyphs and metopes – triglyphs have three parts and between them are the metropes (relief sculptures.)
* Doric – oldest column style | has no base but has triglyphs and metopes * Ionic – has a column but no triglyphs | noted for its scroll flourish | Aegean style. * Corinthian – latest most stylized column.| Very popular with neo-classical architecture.
* Cella – inner central chamber of the
Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40,000-8,000 BC Old Stone Age, mankind produced
* Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements)
* Iconography – pictoral representations
* sculpture in the round – sculptured on all sides – to be viewed from any angles. Detached from a background. * freestanding sculpture vs. relief sculpture * relief is a three-dimensional image or design who flat background surface is carved …show more content…
* Encaustic – painting technique using pigments mixed with hot wax
* Daedalic style – * Daedalic sculpture displays Eastern (“Orientalizing”) influences: wiglike hair, large eyes, and prominent nose. *
* Gigantomachy – the symbolic struggle between the cosmic order of Olympians (lead by Zeus) and the nether forces of Chaos led by the giant Alcyoneus.
* Centauromachy – battle of Centaurs and the Lapiths (Parthenon metopes)
* Caryatid – sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support replacing a column
* Acropolis – high city.
* Frieze – the middle eminent of an entablature that includes the triglyphs and metropes, below the cornice. * Triglyphs and metopes – triglyphs have three parts and between them are the metropes (relief sculptures.)
* Doric – oldest column style | has no base but has triglyphs and metopes * Ionic – has a column but no triglyphs | noted for its scroll flourish | Aegean style. * Corinthian – latest most stylized column.| Very popular with neo-classical architecture.
* Cella – inner central chamber of the