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| keeper of a cultural heritage institution |
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| one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front |
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| a tarnish that forms on the surface |
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| an idea that governed the creation of works of art, in particular, with correspondence to the physical world understood as a model for beauty, truth, and the good |
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| is the intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought which typifies and influences the culture of a period. Ie modernism |
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| to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. |
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| School of art, great art can change the world |
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| an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall |
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| Strong contrast between dark and light |
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| is one of the earliest known forms of written expression |
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| two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. |
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| is a small scale model or rough draft of an unfinished sculpture |
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| A place of worship for followers of islam |
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| to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture |
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| is the likeness or semblance of a narrative to reality, or to the truth. |
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| is art made on, with, or consisting of, the human body. |
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| the end product of art and craft, the objet d’art, is not the principal focus. The 'process' in process art refers to the process of the formation of art: the gathering, sorting, collating, associating, patterning, and moreover the initiation of actions and proceedings. |
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| is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles (geodesics) on the surface of a sphere. |
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| Slightly ornate. forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian. |
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| Least ornate of three types. |
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| Most ornate of three types |
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| a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength and/or ductility |
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| Archways where two right angles meet two barrel vaults |
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| is the wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry vault or arch, which is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch to bear weight. |
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| a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature), typically supported by columns. |
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| a very vigorous style in both sculpture and painting |
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| circular window, or "rain-hole" (Latin: compluvium) is a feature of Classical architecture since the 16th century |
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| is any building with a circular ground plan, sometimes covered by a dome |
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| is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before necking, which is when the specimen'scross-section starts to significantly stretch |
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| it consists of making three-dimensional or two-dimensional artistic compositions by putting together found objects |
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