ARTH 1155 Midterm: Art Exam Terms

• School: Temple University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 1155
• Professor: Elizabeth Kathryn Duntemann

Document Summary

Delian league: association of greek city-states, members under the leadership of athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the persian empire after the greek victory. Baroque: expressive, dramatic, theatrical (locate where each one is) Doric order: articulating the three units of the elevation of a classical building. Ionic order: articulating the three units of the elevation of a classical building. Pediment: triangular area above the columns beneath the roof. Metope: square panel between the triglyphs in a doric frieze, often sculpted in relief. Capital (of column): the uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the intel. Peristyle: external columns that surround temple (colonnade) Greek temple represents the culmination of effort by greek architects to build a temple having perfect proportions. Pythagoras of samos believed beauty resided in harmonic numerical ratios. Architect iktinos calculated the dimensions of every part of the fixed proportional scheme ratio of the length to the width of the building.