archaistic, the
Figure bearing stylistic and typological characteristics of the Archaic period (650-490 BC)
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chiton, the
Item of clothing consisting of a square woollen textile seamed on both sides.
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drum
The cylindric parts of stone or marble, of which a column is built up.
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frieze (1. architecture), (2. painting)
1. The part of the entablature resting on the architrave and below the cornice. In the Doric order the frieze is decorated with two alternative motives, namely the triglyph and metope, while in the Ionic order the frieze is a decoratively carved band.2. Decorative horizontal band that sweeps parts of a vessel or the highest part of the walls in a room.
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himation, the
Rectangular woolen (mainly) cloth that was worn over the chiton (cloak). It could be wrapped around the shoulders and the body in different ways and was fastened with a belt or with brooches.
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ionic order, the
An architectural order devised in Ionia and developed in Asia Minor and the Greek islands in the 6th century BC. Its columns have elaborately moulded bases, fluted shafts (with fillets, ending in fillets), and volute capitals. The entablature consists of an three-fasciae archirave, a continuous frieze, usually richly decorated with reliefs, and a cornice. The Ionic order was more elaborate in dimentions, comparing with the Doric.
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syntagma (sculpture)
Votive offering of more than one statues that do not touch each other. Usually, the statues stood in a row on an oblong rectangular or semi-circular base.
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