Art and Architecture

2. The temple proper or sanctuary, also known as the naos
3. A more life-like representation of human forms
5. Myron created this athletic sculpture
7. Six female figures acting as columns on the Southern side of the Erechtheion
10. The distance between columns
11. The rear portico (porch) of a temple
12. Ritual pouring out of a liquid, such as wine, honey, milk, or oil
13. Greek religious practice which involved killing animals
16. Horizontal band above the columns made up of the architrave and frieze
18. Meaning six columns
20. Key facial feature of Kouroi and Korai statues
22. Plant in the North side of the Erechtheion said to have come down from Athena’s gift to Athens
23. Perikles was celebrated for his political reforms in Athenian …
24. The sculptor Myron worked mostly in this material
26. Italian for “Counterpoise”, pose where the subject’s weight is shifted onto one foot

1. Meaning the ‘high city’, the Athenian hill upon which many temples and statues stood
4. Subjects are depicted with unique traits
6. The entrance into a temple
8. Many Archaic and Classical sculptures had broken pieces due to being made of …
9. Objects displayed or deposited as a gift offering to the gods
13. The style of the early 5th Century, ie. High Classical
14. The Eleusinian mysteries were a mystery …
15. The style which dominated most of the 5th Century BC
17. The earliest style we studied, typified by the Kouroi and Korai statues
19. The Eleusinian relief depicts Demeter, Triptelemos, and …
21. The more “feminine” order of Greek architecture, characterised for volutes
23. The oldest and more “masculine” classical order of Greek architecture
25. The Propylaea was not a temple but the … into the Acropolis