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buon fresco
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painting technique where water based pigments are set to a plaster
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frieze
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middle element of an entablature.
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Clerestory
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The upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows
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Barrel vault
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A vault forming a half cylinder
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Portrait bust
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a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual
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basilica
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A similar building used as a Christian church.
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Nave
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The central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation.
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Apse
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A usually semicircular or polygonal, often vaulted recess, especially the termination of the sanctuary end of a church.
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Buttressing
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Increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.
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Oculis
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round window
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Revetment
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A retaining wall or facing of masonry or other material
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Rotunda
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A round building or room
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Tempera
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A method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk
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Theotokos
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mother of god
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Calligraphy
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decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.
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Tessellation
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position of shapes in a pattern
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Arabesque
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An ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines, originally found in Arabic or Moorish decoration.
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Mosque
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muslim place fo worship
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Mihrab
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A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca.
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Minaret
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A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
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Squinches
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A straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome.
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Encaustic
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Using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.
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Triptych
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A picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together vertically and used as an altarpiece.
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mosaic
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A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
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pendentive
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A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with its supporting arches.
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