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| A decorative architectural frame around a door, window or niche consisting of entablature and pediment supported by two columns or pilasters. |
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| in greek or roman classical style. |
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| a vaulted passageway or aisle that leads around the apse of a christian church. |
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| any pope elected in opposition to another held to have been canonically chosen. |
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| a semicircular or polygonal recess at the end of the major axis ofa roman basilica or christian church. |
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| relating to architecture or resembling the spatial and structural aspects of peculiar to architecture. |
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| the lowest part of an entablature beneath the frieze and cornice, resting directly on the capital of the column; also the frame over a door or window. |
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| defined normally by distinct architectural features. |
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| a column that is attached to a background wall and is therefore not completely cylindrical; also referred to as an engaged column. |
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| in classical architecture the story above the main entablature. |
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| relating to the reign of the roman emporor augustus from 27bce to 14ce |
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| a canopy placed over an honourific or sacred space such as a throne or church altar. |
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| a narrow, hand-held scroll usually flowing free as if blown by the wind, normally carrying an inscription. |
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| a ceiling in the form of a semi-circular vault. |
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| in ancient roman architecture, a large rectangular public building with an open interior space, usually with side aisle seperated from the main space by rows of evenly spaced columns. the structure was later adopted as a building type for early christian churches. |
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| a column capital decorated with a latticework pattern resembling basketweave. |
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| a red clay-like pigment used as the ground for gold leaf. |
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| a tool with a sharp, triangular shaped point used for cutting lines to be printed from metal or wood blocks. |
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| the italian word for a balcony for singers and musicians. |
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| a full scale preparatory drawing on paper which is used to transfer the outline of a design on to the surface to be painted; from the italian "cartone" which means heavy paper. |
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| italian for "large case" or "large chest," referring to carved and painted chests used to hold clothing, often given as gifts to a prospective bride for her dowry by the future husband. |
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| temporary wooden scaffolding and supports erected in the construction of vaults, arches and domes. |
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| the eastern portion of a christian church, reserved for the clergy and choir. often seperated from the main body of the church by steps or a screen. |
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| an italian word literally meaning "light-dark", used to describe the dramatic conrast of light and dark in painting to create effects of 3-dimensionality. |
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| a type of baldacchino: a canopy supported on columns over the altar or other place of sacred significance in a christian church |
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| a multi-coloured surface made by pouring enamels into compartments outlined by bent wire fillets or strips. |
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| recessed panels, square or polygonal, that decorate a vault, ceiling or the underside of an arch |
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