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Clerestory
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The FENESTRATED part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts. The oldest known clerestories are Egyptian. In Roman BASILICAS and medieval churches, clerestories are the windows that form the nave's uppermost level below the timber ceiling or the vaults.
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Composite Perspective
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A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the sane figure is shown frontally
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Fresco
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Painting on lime plaster, either dry (dry plaster fresco, or fresco secco) or wet (true, or buon, fresco). In the latter method, the pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to the freshly laid lime plaster. Also, a painting executed in either method
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Labyrinth
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was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos
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Minoan (King Minos)
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The second millennium bce art of Cretem named after the legendary King Minos
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Minotaur
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The mythical beastm half man and half bull, that inhabited the Minoan palace at Knossos
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