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| "high city" usually used in reference to greek temple district |
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| a double theater--round or elliptical such that people sit around an arena |
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| curved or pointed structure that spans a space in lieu of a flat lintel. created from wedge-shaped blaocks called voussoirs |
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| lower of two lintels in the entablature |
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| central space in amphitheater where combats or violent sports were staged |
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| living room in roman house partially open to the sky |
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| low (shallow) relief carving |
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| mycenaean tomb built by corbelling then buried |
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| masonry support ot brace outward thrust from arches or vaulting |
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| top of a column that identifies architecture order (doric, ionic, corinthian) |
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| oval frame containing hieroglyphic letters to create a word |
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| a statue used in architecture as a supporting column |
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| auditorium seating in amphitheater or theater |
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| decorated ceiling with recessed panels (pantheon) |
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| cantilevering stones gradually in construction over posts to alleviate weight on a lintel or dome or in a circle to create a beehive structure |
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| most elaborate greek order, popular in hellenistic period |
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| mesopotamian written language |
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| political treaty between athens and her greek neighbors under perikles |
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| simple and early greek order; capital resembles a cereal bowl |
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| half column carved on wall |
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| double lintel on top of columns in classical architecture |
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| the artificially created appearance of swelling in a stone column slightly above its base |
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| applying paint to wet plaster |
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| second lintel in an entablature-usually decorated |
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| professional, educated greek prostitutes |
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| carved images approaching full round character |
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| pool of collected rainwater in center of Roman atrium |
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| multi-story apartment building |
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| greek order with capital that resembles a scroll |
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| top voussoir in a roman arch |
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| archaic greek statues of young women |
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| archaic greek statues of young men |
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| house for the dead in egypt |
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| space between triglyphs on Doric frieze |
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| massive gateway to egyptian temple with sloping walls |
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| the backdrop in a theatre which is customarily decorated with scenery |
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| removing dirt or stone to create a tunnel into the earth |
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| baked clay as a medium of art |
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| buried corbelled dome used as tomb |
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| alternate with metopes in a doric frieze |
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| huge freestanding arches erected by emperors to recall their victories |
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| wedge shaped stones used to build an arch |
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| stautes that look like their clothes are wet to show anatomy under fabric |
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