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| any art that does not represent observable aspects of nature of transforms visible forms into a stylized image. |
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| the back room of a Greek temple |
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| a series of arches, carried by columns or piers and supporting a common wall or lintel. |
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| term describing a building usually a temple, with porticoes at each end but without columns along the other two sides. |
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| a method of rendering the effect of spatial distance by sublte variations in color and clarity of representation |
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| the symbolic objects that identify a particular deity, saint, or personificaiton in art. |
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| an elongated or continous semicircular vault, shaped like a half-cyclinder |
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| A plan consisting of nave and side aisles often with a transept and usually with an apse |
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| the prinicpal interior room at the center of a Greek or Roman temple within which the cult statue was usually housed |
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| any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side. |
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| a vault made of projecting courses of stone |
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| a decorative or heralidic motif of repeated vs a zigzag pattern |
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| the topmost zone of a wall with windows in a basilica extending above the aisle roofs |
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| a row of columns, supporting a straight lintel or a series of arches |
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| the arrangement of formal elements in an artwork |
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| alternating high and low sections of a wall, giving a notched appearance and creating permanent defensive shields in the walls of fortified buildings |
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| the arrangement, proportions, and details of amy vertical side or face of a building |
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| a column attached to a wall |
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| a slight swelling of the shaft of a Greek column. |
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| the face or front wall of a building |
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| type of ceramic covered with colorful, opaque glazes that form a smooth, impermeable suface |
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| the illusion created on a flat surface in which figures and objects appear to recede or project sharply into space. |
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| the solid baseline that indicates the ground plane on which the figure stands |
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| the use of different sized for significant or holy figures and those of the everyday world to indicate importance |
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| a large interior room characterized by many closely spaced columns that support its roof |
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| the study of the significance and interpretation of the subject matter of art |
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| a method of giving the impression of recession by visual instinct, not by the use of an overall system or program |
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| the main hall of the Mycenean palace or grand house, having a columnar porch and a room with a central fireplace surrounded by four columns |
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| creating the illusion of three-dimentional objects on a two-dimentional surface |
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| images formed by small colored stone or glass pieces, affixed to a hard, stable surface |
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| a surrounding colonnade in Greek architecture |
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| a device used in systems of spatial definition. in painting, a register indicates the use of differing groundlines to differentiate layers of space within an image. |
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| a thin, usually superficial layer of materil. a thin layer of fine wood glued over cheap wood |
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| technique of hammering metal from the back to create a projecting image |
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| an arch built into a heavy wall just above a post-and-lintel |
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| a term that is used to describe any building that is surrounded by a single row of columns |
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| the space or porch in front of the cella of an ancient Greek temple |
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| a freestanding, massive stone gateway with a large central arch, built as an urban ornament to celebrate military victories |
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| an architectural system of construction with two or more verical elements supporting a horizontal element |
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| a container, often made of percious materials, used as a repository to protect and display sacred relics |
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| any building constructed in a circular shape, usually producing a large open space crowned by a dome |
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| a sacred or holy enclosure used for worship |
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| a manner of representation that conforms to an intellectual or artistic idea rather than to naturalistic appearances |
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| an instrument with a pointed end, which makes a delicate line or scratch |
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| a painting medium made by blending egg yolks with water, pigments, and occasionally other materials, such as glue |
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| in Christian iconography, a system of matching Old Testament figures and events and even some classical and other secular sources to New Testament counterparts they were seen to prefigure |
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| an image created as a devotional offering to a god or other deity |
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