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Etruscans
Ancient Italian people
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2017

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Etruscans    

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Ancient Italian people

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Forum
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 A central place where people would go to shop for food and attend public and political events

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Adlocutio    

Definition

The pose Austus Prima makes when addressing the troops.    

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Verism    

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an exact likeness 

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Atmospheric Perspective    

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where everything in distance to the forground gets lighter in color and variation to make the scene seem deeper.

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Intuitive Perspective

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recession by visual instinct making a 2 d into a 3d

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Chiaroscruro    

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variation in dark and light colors

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Tondo    

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A round painted image    

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Tessera    

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stones put together to make a mosaic 

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Groin Vault    

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a cross barrel vault to creat 4 openings rather than 2

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Exedra    

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A circular room 

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Curia    

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A assembly, council , or court, where issues are discussed.

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Clerestory    

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The windows that are placed in a basilica

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Coffer    

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the decoration on the celling to creat the illusion of a more open space and decoration.

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Oculus    

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the eye opening at the top of a dome

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Basilica    

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a rectangle building originally used for political purposes then turned into churchs    

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Trompe l’ oeil    

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the style of making a 2 dimensional image look to be 3 dimensional    

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Dado 

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the lower part of a pall being painted a different color.    

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Plebian Style    

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: A style of folk art focused on giving a message in a non-Classical idiom.    

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Fayum Portraits    

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 wood portraits placed on a sarcophagus

 

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Fayum Portraits    

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 wood portraits placed on a sarcophagus

 

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