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36 Cards in this Set
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Agora
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most public space in classical Greek architecture
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Amaterasu
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primary deity worshiped (goddess of light)
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Axis Mundi
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z axis, connects the earth to the heavens
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Baroque
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heavily ornate and ornamental style
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Capital
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top of column
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Clerestory
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refers to light that comes in high to low
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cardo
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north south axis
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Decumanus
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east west axis
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Ka
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Egyptian spirit
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Kami
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spirit
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Cella
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most important place in a Greek or Roman temple
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Picturesque
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the appearance of a painting
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Fertile Crescent
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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egyptian cultures
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sublime
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inspiring a feeling of awe
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stoa
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permeable edge, row of columns
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Acropolis
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most sacred place in Greece
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Temenos
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sacred precinct
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pilaster
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column engaged with a wall
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Shinto
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having a reference to nature
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tori arch
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arch in Japanese architecture marks a sacred place
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Toyouke
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secondary god (god of food, josing and clothing)
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reliquary
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object of significance to a religion
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Arcade
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lowermost band of columns
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triforium
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middle of the three horizontal bands
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rib vault
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true pieces that carry structural forces in the ceiling
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piers
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bundled columns
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tympanum
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structural heart in a Gothic cathedral
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Tracery
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thin rail of stonework that holds the glass
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canopus
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represents the river Nile
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neoclassical
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late response to the baroque "revision of the Renaissance"
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grotto
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type of naturak cave in a landscape
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folly
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mini building
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parterre
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geometric gardens
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topiary
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shaped vegetation
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vestpocket park
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small parks on private property for public enjoyment
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Architecture parlante
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architecture that speaks for itself
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