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78 Cards in this Set
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in its original location
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Baldacchino
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a canopy placed over an altar or shrine
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Abstract
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works that have form but little or no attempt at pictoral representation
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Calligraphy
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decorative or beautiful handwriting
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Acropolis
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literally a "high city", a Greek temple complex on a hill over a city
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Daguerrotype
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a type of early photograph, characterized by a shiny surface, meticulous finish, clarity of detail, with no negative
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Action painting
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an abstract painting in which an artist drips or splatters paint onto a surface
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frottage
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a composition made by rubbing a crayon or a pencil over paper placed over a surface with a raised design
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Ambulatory
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a passageway around the apse or an altar of a church
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Genre painting
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painting in which scenes of everyday life are depicted
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Anamorphic image
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an image that must be seen by a special means, such as a mirror, in order to be recognized
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Apadana
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an audience hall in a Persian palace
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Apse
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the end point of a church where the altar is
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Arabesque
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a flowing, intricate and symetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs
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Arcade
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a series of arches supported by columns
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Assemblage
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a 3-D work made of various materials like wood, cloth, paper and other objects
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Atrium
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Roman home courtyard or in front of a church
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Avante-garde
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an innovative group of artists who reject traditional approaches in favor of experimentation
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Axial plan
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a church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so named because it is designed along an axis
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Calotype
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a type of early photograph, grainy quality, forefather of all photography
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Baptistery
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in a medieval church, a seperate chapel or building in front of a church used for baptisms
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Encaustic
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an acient method of painting using colored waxes that are burned into a wooden surface
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Basilica
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in Roman architecture, a large axially planned building with a nave, side aisle, and apses,
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Grisaille
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a painting done in neutral shades of gray to simulate the look of sculpture
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foreshortening
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a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receeding space
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Benday dots
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printing process uses the pointillist technique of colored dots from a limited palette placed closely together to achieve subtle shadings
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Bi
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a round ceremonial disc found in ancient Chinese tombs
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Biomorphism
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a movement that stresses organic
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Book of Hours
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a book of prayers to be said at different times of the day
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Campanile
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the detached belltower of an Italian church
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Cantilever
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a projecting beam that is attached to a building at one end and suspended in air at the other
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Caryatid
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a column in a building that is shaped like a human figure
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Cella
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the main room of a Greek temple where the god is housed
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Central plan
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a church with a circular plan with the altar in the middle
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Animal Style
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a medieval art form in which animals are stylized and in often complicated patterns, usually fighting
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Chalice
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a cup used in a Christian ceremony
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Amphora
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a 2 handle Greek storage jar
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Chevet
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the East end of a Gothic church
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Chiaroscuro
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a gradual transition between light and dark
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Choir
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the space in a church between the transept and the apse for a choir or clergymen
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Cire perdue
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the lost wax process, a bronze casting method,
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International Gothic Style
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style of 14th and 15th century painting, begun by Simone Martini, elegant, intricate, interpreting naturalistic subjects, minute detailing and patterning in drapery and color, aristocratic
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Clerestory
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the third or window story of a church
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Cloissonne
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enamel work in which colored areas are seperated by thin bands of metal, usually bronze or gold
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Cloister
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a rectangle open-air monastery cortyard with a covered arcade surrounding it
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impluvium
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a rectangle basin in a Roman house, placed in an open air atrium to collect rainwater
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Close
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an enclosed gardenlike area around a cathedral
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Hopostyle
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a hall in an Egyptain temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns
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Codex
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a manuscript book, usually made of vellum or parchment (animal hide)
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Hierarchy of scale
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a system of representaion that expresses a person's importance by size
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etching
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printmaking process in which a metal plate is covered with a ground made of wax, the artist uses a tool to cut into the wax and leave the plate exposed, then submerging the plate into an acid bath, which eats away at the exposed portions of the plate, plate is removed from the acid, cleaned, and ink is filled into the crevices caused by the acid
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coffer
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in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling, usually to reduce weight
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Kouros
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ancient Greek sculpture of a standing youth
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Jamb
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side posts of a Medieval portal
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collage
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a composition made by pasting together different items onto a flat surface
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Color field
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a style of abstract painting, simple shapes, monochromatic color
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fan vault
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so named because a fan-like shape is created when the vault springs from the floor to the ceiling, nearly touching in the space over the center of the nave, highly decorated with rib patterns
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Entablature
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the upper story of a Greek temple
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Compound pier
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a pier that appears to be a group or gathering of smaller piers put together
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Kiva
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a circular room used for religious rites
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Contrapposto
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a graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees
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Iconostasis
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a screen decorated with icons, seperating the apse from the transept of a church
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corbel arch
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a vault formed by layers of stone that gradually grow closer together as they rise until they eventually meet
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facade
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front of a building
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cornice
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a projecting ledge over a wall
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Keystone
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the center stone of an arch that holds the stones in place
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cromlech
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a circle of megalyths
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Icon
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a devotional panel depicting a sacred image
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cubiculum
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a Roman bedroom flanking an atrium, in early Christian art, a mortuary chapel in a catacomb
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Ignudi
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nude corner figures on the Sistine chapel ceiling
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Harlem Renaissance
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a rich artistic period in the 1920's & 30's in New York marked by painting, writing, music and photography
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cuneiform
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a system of writing in which strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow shape
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cupola
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a small dome rising over the roof of a building, achieved by rotating an arch on its axis
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Horror vacui
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latin for "fear of empty spaces", the entire surface is filled with objects, people, designs and ornaments in a crowded, congested way
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cyclopean masonry
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a type of construction that uses rough, massive blocks of stone piled on one another without mortar
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cylindar seal
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a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces and image
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impasto
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a thick and very visible application of paint on a painted surface
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Engaged column
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a column that is not freestanding but attached to a wall
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