Marble Figurine of a Woman
Cycladic islands, Greece, c. 2500 BCE, Cycladic culture
Bull leaping fresco
Crete, Greece, c. 1400 BCE, Minoan culture
Faience (Fi-ance) “Snake Goddess”
Crete, Greece, c. 1600 BCE, Minoan culture
Lion gate
Mycenae, Greece, 1250 BCE, Mycenaean culture
Warrior Vase (Krater)
Greece, c. 1300 BCE, Mycenaean culture
Buon Fresco
Painting on wet plaster
Minoan Faience
Earthen ware coated with an opaque, quartz based glaze, ends up brown
Fresco Secco
Painting on dry plaster
Krater
A vessel in which wine is mixed with water
Megaron
The central hall of a Mycenaean palace, often containing a hearth
Repoussé (Re-puss)
The technique of hammering a thin sheet of metal over a relief, often over a mold
Geometric Krator
Dipylon Cemetary, Greece, c.750 BCE, Geometric period
Black Figure Amphora with Animal Friezes
Greece, c.600 BCE, orientalizing period
Lady of Auxerre
Greece, c. 650 BCE, orientalizing period
Statue of Kroisos
Greece, c. 650 BCE, Archaic Period
Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice
Andokides Painter, Greece, c. 525 BCE, Archaic Period
Amphora
A Greek ceramic vessel type used to hold oil or wine
Arete
Excellence, especially connected to one’s moral character
Bilingual Ceramics
Both black figure and red figure painting techniques on the same vessel
Black figure ceramics
An Ancient Greek vase-painting technique that created black figures on a red background by using a slip that turns black when fired
Dark ages
C. 1100-800 BCE, plain undecorated ceramics, no city states
Horror Vacui
A fear of empty spaces
Kore
A statue of a young woman
Kouros
A statue of a young man
