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| passageway flanking a central are |
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| an oval or circular space surrounded by tiers of seats |
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| the projecting part of a bldg, usually semicircular and topped by a half dome or vault |
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| a man made conduit for transporting water |
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| a gallery formed by a series of arches with supporting columns or piers |
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| the central area in a Roman amphitheater |
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| an open courtyard leading to, or within, a house or other bldg, usually surrounded on 3 or more sides by a colonnade |
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| in classical architecture, a low story placed above the main entablature |
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| an imaginary straight line passing through the center of a figure about which it is said to rotate |
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| in Roman architecture, an oblong shaped bldg used for tribunals and other public functions; in Christendom, an early church |
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| barrel vault/tunnel vault |
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| a semi-cylindrical vault covering an oblong space |
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| a representation of the upper part of the human figure, including the head and neck (and sometimes part of the shoulders and chest) |
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| an external architectural support that counteracts with the lateral thrust of an arch or wall |
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| an ancient Roman fortress or encampment |
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| the temporary wooden framework used in the construction of arches/vaults/domes |
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| in ancient Rome, an oblong space, surrounded by seats, usually used for chariot races and other games |
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| a recessed geometrical panel in a ceiling |
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| Romans invented-a rough mixture of mortar, gravel, rubble, and water |
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| a vaulted (frequently hemispherical) roof or ceiling, set on a circular base |
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| blocks of stone that have been cut and shaped to fit a particular place for a particular purpose |
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| the civic center of an ancient Roman city, containing the temple/marketplace/official buildings |
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| the ceiling configuration formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults |
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| the wedge shaped stone at the center of an arch that is inserted last, locking the other stones into place |
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| in basilicas, the long narrow central area used to house the congregation |
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| a round opening in a wall or at the apex of a dome |
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| a vertical support used to bear loads in an arched or vaulted structure |
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| the masonry forming the base of a temple; a raised platform or pedestal |
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| a circular bldg, usually covered by a dome |
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| giving a rustic appearance to masonry blocks by roughening their surface and beveling joints so they are indented |
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| the triangular area btwn the side of an arch and the right angle that encloses it or btwn two adjacent arches |
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| materials taken from earlier bldgs for re-use in a new one |
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| the architectural member of an arch that is the first to curve inward from the vertical; point where the curvature begins |
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| pointed instrument used for writing |
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| a circular (medallion) composition in painting or relief sculpture |
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| a decorative interlaced design |
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| a hard limestone used in Etruscan and Roman bldgs |
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| a roof or ceiling of masonry constructed on the arch principle |
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| a large Roman country house and surrounding grounds |
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| one of the individual, wedge shaped blocks of stone that make up an arch |
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| Buddhist architecture, a dome made of earth/brick/stone, containing the relic of a Buddha or another individual |
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