Terms

Art 110, Midterm Two

For your reference, here are some (not all) words, proper nouns, places, and other items that you might find in the terms section of Midterm Two, November 17, 2000. Don't forget that the test might also ask you to identify artists and artworks as well.
N.B. The Final Exam in this course is NOT cumulative. However, some terms are used throughout the course.

Etruscan and Roman
Early Christian, Jewish and Byzantine
India
China

Etruscan and Roman Art
Place names
Veii, Cerveteri, Tarquinia, Rome
Palestrina (Praeneste), Pompeii, Herculaneum, Primaporta
Nimes, Orange, Danube, Canopus, Ephesus
Political figures - Emperors
Tarquin the Proud, Sulla, Aulus Metellus, Livia, Agrippa, Symmachus, Helen
Augustus (Octavian), Tiberius, Titus, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Caracalla, Philip the Arab, Diocletian, Constantine the Great, "good emperors"
Arch construction
arcade, spandrel, keystone, voussoir, springing, jamb, centering, intrados, extrados
Vaulting
barrel, groin, cross, dome, oculus, buttress
Temples and other Building
podium, prostyle, tufa, living rock, opus reticulatum, concrete, forum, engaged column, pseudo-peripteral, basilica, coffer (coffered ceiling, coffering), mausoleum, apse
Houses
Atrium, impluvium (pool), tablinum, cubiculum, peristyle
Religion, mythology, literature
Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, Calchas, Trojan War, Romulus, Remus, She-Wolf,
Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Mars, Apollo, Venus, Diana, Mercury, Pluto, Bacchus, Hercules, Neptune, Cupid
Authors
Pliny the Elder, Vitruvius, Vergil, Aeneid
Concepts
contrapposto, ad locutio, equestrian, gladiator, tetrarchy
Fresco, First Style (Incrustation), Second Style (Architectural), Third Style (Decorative), Fourth Style (Intricate), trompe l'oeil, mosaic, tesserae

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Early Christian, Jewish and Byzantine

Architecture
catacombs, basilica, clerestory, transept, apse, atrium, narthex, dome, pendentive, ambulatory, centralized (central plan)
Art terminology
Scroll, codex, manuscript, encaustic, ivory
Places
Rome, Dura Europas, Ravenna, Bethlehem, Constantinople (Istanbul),
Theological figures and ideas
torah, synagogue, Moses, Abraham and Isaac, Four Evangelists and symbols, Good Shepherd, orant, Jonah, IHC (In Hoc Signo), traditio legis, icon, iconic, aniconic, iconoclasm
Life of Christ (see pp. 306-307 in text): Resurrection, Transfiguration
Historical figures
Moses, Jonah, Constantine, Justinian
Saint (Sta, S. SS.) Santa Costanza, Theodora, Hagia Sophia, San Vitale, Archangel Michael, Isidore of Miletus, Anthemius of Tralles

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India

Early period
Indus Valley, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro
Places
Sarnath, Sanchi, Karla, Elephanta, Khajuraho, Gandhara (region), Mathura (region)
Historical figures
Siddhartha Gautama, Ashoka, Gupta family
Hinduism
Vedas, Vedic Period, Siva (Shiva), mithuna (amorous couples), lingam (phallus), Nataraja (Siva as Lord of Dance)
Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, Shakya (lion) clan, buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, bodhisattva, Wheel of Law
yakshi, stupa, torana, axis mundi, chaitya hall,
See Buddhist symbols, p. 427 (Japanese section) lakshana (32 marks), ushnisha, shakras, urna, lotus, mandala
Art terms, styles
Gandhara school, Mathura School, Gupta period style

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China

Historic Periods
Neolithic, Shang (Bronze Age), Zhou (Chou), Qin (Ch'in), Han, Tang, Song (Sung, Northern and Southern)
Historical figures, including artists
Confucius, Laozi (Lao-Tze), Shi-huangdi, Prince Liu Sheng, Emperor Huizong (Hui-Tsung), Fan Kuan, Kuo Hsi
Objects, vessels, materials
Cong, taotie (t'ao-t'ieh), fang ding, li tripod, jade, silk, three-color glazing, pagoda
Ideas and terms
Silk Road, Confucianism, Daoism, qi (ch'i), Amitabha Buddha,
Six Principles of scholar Hsieh Ho, Principle One: ch'i-yün shêng-tung (Spirit Resonance and Life Movement), Principle Two: Bone Manner Use of the Brush

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