... the harp/lyre than playing it. Minoan Palace at Knossos (Crete, Greece) 99 84-85 Open-air chambers flood the interior with light. The columns were painted mostly red or white and are made of wood. It is unusual because the columns taper smaller at the bottom than at the top. The capitals were painted black and sit like a cushion on ... Krater: a large Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine Kylix: a Greek drinking cup Metope: a small relief sculpture on the facade of a Greek temple Mosaic: a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass, called tesserae, that are cemented...

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... architecture based on Roman prototypes, was developed. Resident in Sicily were the Arabs who Paladino 2 introduced styles of oriental magnificence such as Palarmo's Palantine Chapel. According to John White in Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400, impressive central plans, lavish materials, sumptuous color, mysterious lighting, and stylized representation describe such works as Ravenna's San Vitale and ... concentrated in Lombardy, Tuscany, and Southern Italy. The Lombard architecture was known for large vaulted churches made of elaborate exterior brick. In Tuscany, Pisan architectur...

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... and the other to the earth, as the vanishing point. They represent Plato and Aristotle respectively. Some say that Plato is modelled after Da Vinci from by his look of white hair and beard. Fittingly, Plato, who is concerned with the other world and the self-existing good, holds Timeus. Meanwhile Aristotle, who philosophizes on practical nature and the work and ... life unique to humans, hold Ethics. Pythagoras is shown along with Diogenes lying on the stairs with a dish. Heraclites, modelled after Michelangelo, leans on the marble, writing. Euclid teaches geometry, Zoroaster holds the ...

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