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HUMANITIES

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VITRUVIAN MAN   "BECAME A SYMBOL FOR THE CENTRALITY OF THE IDEALLY PROPORTIONED HUMAN BEING IN AN IDEALLY PROPORTIONED UNIVERSE." SKETCH MADE LATER BY LEONARDO DE VINCI  
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ACROPOLIS   HILLTOP WITH PERSEVERED TEMPLES IN ATHENS; GREECE FAMOUSE SITE; "CITY ON TOP OF A HILL"; WITH ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY PHEIDIAS  
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GREEK CANNON   SET OF RULES FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL PROPORTION "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"  
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BLACK FIGURE   AN EARLY ARCHAIC STYLE OF VASE PAINTING IN WHICH DARK SLIP FORMS ARE CREATED OVER RED BACKGROUND  
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ARCHAIC SCULPTURE   EARLY GREEK SCULPTURE CARVED OR CAST THAT WAS MODELED AFTER THE EGYPTIAN FORMAL POSE, EXHIBITING STIFF POSES WITH SMILE MALES WERE DEPICTED NUDE BUT WOMEN WHERE CLOTHED  
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COLUMN ORDERS   DORIC, IONIC, & CORINTHIAN  
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APOLLO BELVEDERE   HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL "GREEK GOD" SCULPTURE THAT IS A ROMAN COPY OF HELLENISTIC STATUW NUDE WITH DRAPE  
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DISCOBOLUS   FAMOUS HELLENISTIC BRONZE SCULPTIRE ORUGINALLY BY MYRON, RECONSTRUCTED AS ROMAN MARBLE  
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KRITIOS BOY   EARLY KOURES EXAMPLE OF CONTRAPPOSTA IN 480 BCE  
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CHARIOTEER & WARRIOR   EXAMPLE OF WARLY BRONZE CASTING & IDEAL BODY PROPORTION IN SCULPTURE  
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NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE   HELLENISTIC STYLE SCULPTURE KNOWN FOR ITS' FLOWING DRAPE & WINGED FORM, MISSING HEAD & ARMS  
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ZEUS (OR POSEIDON)   ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVING BRONZE FIGURES WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS THAT ONCE HELD A WEAPON, NUDEM & IDENTITY UNKNOWN  
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PARTHENON   FAMOUS WELL-PROPORTIONED GREEK DORIC TEMPLE  
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CONTRAPPOSTA   A SENSE OF WEIGHT SHIFT POLYKLEITOS WAS A SCULPTOR WHO CREATED THIS  
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HELLENISTIC   LATE GREEK STYLE AS ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXTENDED THE GREEK CULTURE  
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TEMPLE OF ATHENA NIKE   THE SMALL IONIC TEMPLE TO THE RIGHT OF THE PARPYLAIA OR ENTRANCE GATE OF THE ATHENA ACROPOLIS  
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KOURES   YOUNG MEN OR MALE SCULPTURE FORM USUALLY NUDE  
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CLASSICAL   REFERS TO THE CULTURE OF ANCIENT GREECE & ROME 9IT'S STYLE & A TIME PERIOD 400-480 BCE)  
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ALTER OF ZEUS, PERGAMON   THEATRICAL STAIRWAY ASCENDS TO THE SHRINE AT THE TOP GREAT SCULPTURE INCLUDING ATHENA BATTLING ON THE FRIEZE  
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PEDIMENT   TRIANGLE FORM OF TEMPLE PLAN WHERE SCULPTURE IS FOUND  
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ERECHTHEIM   FAMOUS FOR ITS' CARYATIDS ON THE "PORCH OF MADIANS"  
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KORE   YOUNG MAIDENS OR FEMALE SCULPTURE FORM ILLUSTRATES EVIDENCE OF ONCE BEING PAINTED  
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DIPYLON VASE   GEOMETRIC PERIOD FUNERARY KRATER  
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LAOCOON   ILLUSTRATES AN EPISODE OF TROJAN WAR, WHEN THE PRIEST WARNED TROJANS & HE & HIS SON WERE STRANGLED BY POSEIDON'S SNAKES  
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