WorksheetsGreek vocabulary and architecture
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
High Relief
Bas relief
Architectural element that consisted of the triangular section found above the entablature
Architrave
Pediment
Cornice
Entasis
Sculptural term for when statue appears to have weight on one leg and other leg slightly forward
Cornice
Caryatid
Contrapposto
Encaustic
Slightly curved or bulge of classical columns that were used as an optical illusion
Caryatid
Contrapposto
Fluting
Entasis
Columns shaped like a female figure
Caryatid
Entasis
Pediment
Contrapposto
Pottery that was used to transport and store various products- 2 handles with long, narrow neck
Amphora
Hydria
Bas relief
Metope
The lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns
Cornice
Architrave
Caryatid
Amphora
"ledge"; generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building
Cornice
Entasis
Caryatid
Frieze
Fills space between two triglyphs in Doric frieze
Metope
Cornice
Pediment
Entablature
Wax painting that was practiced by Ancient Greeks and Romans which was painted on panels and walls
Encaustic
Hydria
Pediment
Contrapposto
Pottery used for carrying water- 3 handles that 2 horizontal handles and the 3rd was a handle used to pour
Amphora
Hydria
Metope
Bas- relief
The ledge that is protruding above the pediment
Cornice
Raking Cornice
Entablature
Architrave
More than half of the sculpture comes out from the background
Bas relief
High relief
Encaustic
Amphora
Shallow grooves running vertically along a column
High relief
Bas relief
Fluting
Cornice
