Sculpture Key Definitions

Question	Answer
Define Aerolith	Statue with head and extremities made of marble/stone with a body of wood
Define Archaeic	Style of art belonging to Greece and its colonies in 650-480 BC. Characterised by frontal forms, symmetry, repetition and geometric abstractions
Define Archaistic	Sculpture created after 480 BC that intentionally imitated earlier Archaic art forms
Define Chryselepantine	Gold and ivory applied to a statue
Define Cire perdu	Lost wax method of casting
Define Classical	Culture and style of art of Greece in 480-424 BC- Characterised by balance, regular proportion and ideal beauty
Define Encaustic	Method used to paint stone sculptures. Pigments are mixed in hot wax and applied to a rough surface
Define Erotes?	Cupids
Deine Fasces	Bundle of sticks with an axe projecting, carried by lictors before chief Roman magistrates
Define In-the-round	Freestanding sculpture intended to be viewed from all sides
Define Kore (korai)	Sculpture of draped female figure characteristic of the Archaic period
Define Kouros (kouroi)	Sculpture of young male figure characteristic of the Archaic period
Define Polychromy	Multi-coloured painting of sculptures of all materials
Define Relief	Two-dimensional work in which the carved figures project from a background
Define stele (stelai)	Gravestone or freestanding commemorative slab
Define Strut	Bridge-like section of marble between a body and its extremities, common in Roman sculpture

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