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HUM131.H81 CH3
Humanities
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/06/2017
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Plebians
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the poorer class who were craftspeople, merchants, and laborers.
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She Wolf
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A Roman Man
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Verism
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Realistic naturalistic representation
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Augustus of Primaporta
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Pont du Gard
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Voussoirs
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wedge-shaped blocks
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Barrel Vault
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extended round arch
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Buttress
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•support is added to ensure the downward pressure from the arches does not collapse.

 
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Roman Colosseum
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Basilica
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large, rectangular building with an apse at one or both ends
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Hadrian's Pantheon
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Oculus
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Eye at the top of the dome to let light in
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Column of Trajan
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Atrium
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•space with a shallow pool for catching rainwater below its roof.

 
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The Great Wall of China
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Nirvana
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state free from worry, pain, and the external world.
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Dharma
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the principle of cosmic order
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Stupa
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kind of burial mound
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Mandala
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Buddhist diagram of the cosmos
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The Great Stupa
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Basilica Nova
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