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| the depiction on a single plane of a 3D object by placing it an an angle to the picture plane so that the three faces are visible |
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| a bldg, usually round or polygonal, used for Christian baptismal services |
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| a very shallow recess in a wall |
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| an underground complex of passages and vaults, often used to bury the dead |
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| radiating from a central point |
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| the upper part of the main outer wall of a bldg located above an adjoining roof and admitting light through a row of windows |
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| a multicolored surface made by pouring enamels into compartments outlined by bent wire strips |
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| sheets of parchment or vellum bound together into "books" |
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| shaped or arranged like a cross |
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| the Latin numeral ten (X) |
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| a tripartite icon in the Byzantine tradition, usually showing Christ enthroned between the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist |
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| a writing tablet or work of art consisting of two panels side by side and connected by hinges |
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| (or pitched)roof: a roof formed by the intersection of two planes sloping down from a central beam |
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| the second story of a church, placed over the side aisles and below the clerestory |
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| a cross in which all four arms are of equal length |
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| a sacred image representing Christ, the Virgin Mary, or some other holy person |
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| the breaking of religious images |
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| the analysis of works of art through the study of the meanings of symbols and images in the context of the contemporary culture |
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| a cross where the vertical arm is is longer than the horizontal arm |
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| an oval or almond shaped aureola, or radiance, surrounding the body of a holy person |
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| a church or other structure built over the tomb or relics of a martyr |
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| a tall slender tower attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin calls Muslims to prayer |
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| an Islamic house of worship |
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| porch or vestibule in the early churches |
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| standing with outstretched arms as if in prayer |
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| paperlike material made from bleached and stretched animal hides |
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| in a domed bldg, the inwardly curving triangular section of the vaulting that provides a transition from the round base of the dome to the supporting piers |
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| a painting or relief, usually an altar piece, composed of more than 3 sections |
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| in metalwork, decorated with patterns in relief made by hammering on the reverse side |
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| a nonsupporting wall, often pierced by windows |
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| a small single arch, or a series of concentric corbeled arches, set diagonally across the upper inside corner of a square building to facilitate the transition to a round dome or other circular superstructure |
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| a cross arm in a Christian church, placed at right angles to the nave |
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| a cream-colored, smooth surface for painting or writing, prepared from calfskin |
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