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Mosaic?
Glass/squared painting
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Kore
Greek, “young woman.” An Archaic Greek statue of a young woman.
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What is a kouros
—Greek, “young man.” An Archaic Greek statue of a young man
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Caryatids
A female figure that functions as a supporting column
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Pediment
In classical architecture, the triangular space (gable) at the end of a building, formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade;
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Frieze
—The part of the entablature between the architrave and the cornice; also, any sculptured or painted band in a building
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Acropolis{high city}
“high city.” In ancient Greece, usually the site of the city’s most important temple
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Parthenon
virgin.” The epithet of Athena, the virgin goddess.
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Amphitheater
—Greek, “double theater.” A Roman building type resembling two Greek theaters put together. The Roman amphitheater featured a continuous ellipticalcavea around a central arena.
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Forum
The public square of an ancient Roman city
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Oculus
Latin, “eye.” The round central opening of a dome
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Rotunda
The circular area under a dome; also a domed round building.
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Triumphant arches
In Roman architecture, a free-standing arch commemorating an important event, such as a military victory or the opening of a new road
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Aqueducts
An architectural design in which the columns or pilasters are two or more stories tall. Also called a giant order.
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sibyl
A Greco-Roman mythological prophetess
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equestrian monument
figure of someone riding on a horse
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Catacombs
Passage ways underground for relig, practice
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Sarcophagus
“consumer of flesh.” A coffin, usually of stone.
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Codex
1st books after scrolls/a painted and inscribed book on long sheets of bark paper or deerskin coated with fine white plaster and folded into accordion-like pleats.
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minarets
a tower from which the faithful are called to worship
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iconoclas
The destroyers of images were known as iconoclasts.
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altarpieces
A panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar.
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diptych
A two-paneled painting or altarpiece
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Triptych
A three-paneled painting, ivory plaque, or altarpiece
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Polyptych
An altarpiece composed of more than three sections.
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