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25 Cards in this Set
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VERISM |
Realism; True to natural appearance; contemporary, everyday subject matter rather than heroic or legendary, |
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CUIRASS |
A military leather breastplate |
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TRIUMPHAL ARCH |
A freestanding arch commemorating an important event, such as a military victor or the opening of a new road |
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FORUM |
Place, meeting or medium where ideas and views can be exchanged and discussed |
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FASCES |
A bundle of rods with an ax attached, representing an emblem of authoriy in ancien Rome |
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APOTHEOSIS |
Elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven |
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BARREL/TUNNEL VAULT |
A deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space |
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SPANDREL |
Area between the arch's curve and the framing columns and entablature |
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ENGAGED COLUMN |
A half round column attached to a wall |
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DOME |
a hemispherical vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base
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DRUM |
the cylindrical walls that supports a dome |
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OCULUS |
Latin, "eye" The round central opening of a dome |
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CENTRAL PLAN |
Parts of the structure are of equal or almost equal dimensions around the center (dome-looking) |
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COFFERED CEILING |
A sunken panel, often ornamental, in a vault of ceiling, shapes of squares |
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NICHE |
A shallow recess in a wall to display a statue or other onament |
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Wall Paintings of "Second Style" from cubiculum of Villa of Publius Fannius, near Pompei, Italy |
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"Augustus Primaporta" from Primaporta, Italy, Early 1st Century, marble with pigment, Vatican, Rome |
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"Altar of Augustan Peace" from Rome, Italy, marble frieze with procession of the imperial family and mythological female personification |
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"Arch of Emperor Titus" Rome, Italy, marble revetment of brick and concrete core, relief panels with spoils of Jerusalem and triumph of Emperor Titus |
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"Flavian Amphitheater"/ "Colosseum" Rome, limestone and concrete construction with marble revetment |
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"Column of Emperor Trajan" Rome, Italy, marble |
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"Portrait bust of Emperor Hadrian" Rome, marble |
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"Pantheon" Rome, Italy, brick and concrete construction with marble and granite columns and revetment |
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"Equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius" Rome, Italy, bronze with gilding |
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Classicizing elements of Greek Art |
smooth lines, elegant drapery, idealized nude bodies, highly naturalistic forms and balanced proportions |
