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| an ornament, usually in bands, made of interlocking geometric motifs |
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| a liquid offering to deities |
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| tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck |
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| creature that lured sailors to crash their ships with singing |
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| pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned as an inlay or painting; used in death portraits |
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| the symbolic struggle between the cosmic forces aka the gods and titans |
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| a metalworking technique in which a metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse side |
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| the use of small metal balls to create a design |
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| a clip used to secure the shoulder of a draped garment |
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| monster that was part snake, lion, and goat |
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| a cylindrical container made of sheet bronze with handles and feet, used for women’s toiletry articles |
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| a wedge shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch |
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| a rectangular column, esp one projecting from a wall |
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| a square stone pillar with a carved head on top, used as a boundary marker or signpost |
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| a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer |
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| a standard or convention that the Greeks used in sculpture or daily life |
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| a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony |
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| excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods |
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| the central framed figural panel of a mosaic floor |
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| the Greek term for shading; literally 'shadow painting' |
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| square tiles used in mosaics |
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| the circular piece of hard earth on which a performance took place |
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| the theater of the ancient Greeks with stepped seating ringed around a sunken stage |
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| a temple with a circular plan |
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| an open building with a roof supported by a row of columns |
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| the distinctive necklaces worn by the Gauls |
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| a round or eyelike opening or design; a round window |
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| wax portraits of ancestors |
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| true to natural appearance; super realistic |
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| the standard Roman silver coin from which the word penny derives |
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| the cloth awning that could be rolled down from the top of the cavea to shield spectators from sun or rain |
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| the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance |
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| a drawing/painting of objects arranged with a lightsource to study technique |
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| a needlelike tool used in engraving and incising |
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| in Roman architecture, a free standing arch commemorating an important event |
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| the roughly triangular space enclosed by the curves of adjacent arches and a horizontal member connecting their vertexes |
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| a candelabrum used in Jewish worship |
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| a circular painting or relief sculpture |
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| a type of Roman government in which the rule was shared by four people in the late 3rd century |
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| the three initial letters of Christ's name in greek which came to serve as a monogram for Christ |
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