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| An egyptian hall having a roof supported by closely spaced columns |
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| Tall four side monument with pyramid top |
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| A rectangular hall in Minoan architecture that has two column porch in the front |
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| Large at the top, tapers to the bottom |
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| A sculptural design in which a metal sheet is hammered from the reverse or inner side to make a design |
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| Parts of the Column: Base |
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Parts of the Column: Capital
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| HEad or crowing part of a column supporting the weight of the entablature |
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Parts of the Column: Volute
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| Spiral design of an ionic capital |
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Parts of the Column: Entablature
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| The part of a Greek or Roman temple above the columns, normally consisting of architrave, frieze, and cornice. In architecture more generally, the upper part of a wall supported by a column or pillar. |
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Parts of the Column: Cornice
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| Top part of a Greek temple that projects over the rest of the building - a projecting wall over the ledge. |
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Parts of the Column: Triglyph
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| Panel carved into three vertical bands, alternating with metopes on a doric frieze. |
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| Parts of a Column: Metope |
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| Rectangular panels alternating with triglyphs in a Doric Frieze |
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Parts of a Column: Pediment
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| Long extended triangle at the top of each end of a Greek or Roman temple, often filled with sculpture. |
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Parts of a Column: Architrave
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| The lowest division of an entablature, or the lowest of three bands forming the upper part of Greek temple |
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Parts of a Column: Frieze
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| Middle band of the upper part of a Greek or Roman temple - a horizontal band of sculpture |
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| Draped standing, female figure common in Archaic sculpture |
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| Nude, standing, male figure common in Archaic sculpture. |
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| A loose outer robe worn by women in ancient Greece - mantle |
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| A long poetic composition that recounts events and achievements in the life of a hero |
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| Female statues used instead of columns to support a roof, as on the South Porch of the Erechtheum |
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| Authoritative list of books accepted in the bible |
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| Circular building style that emerged in 4th century Greek Architecture |
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| Regular Latin Word for "eye" Used to describe the empty round hole at the top of the dome of the Pantheon. |
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