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42 Cards in this Set
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kouros
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young man
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contrapposto
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the disposition of the human figure in which one part is turned in oppoisition to another part creating a counterpostioning of the body about the central axis. Sometimes called weight shift
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post and lintel construction
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a system of construction in which two posts support a lintel
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relief sculpture
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figures projecting from a background of which they are part
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pediment
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the triangular space at the end of a building formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade
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ampitheater
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a roman building resembling two greek theaters put together the roman ampitheater featured an contiuonuos elliptical cavea around a central arena
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arch
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a curved member that spans the opening and is generally composed of wedge shaped blocks that transmit the downward pressure latterally
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barrel vault
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semicylindrical in cross section is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches one behind the other over an oblong space
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groin vault
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is formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles
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dome
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a hemispherical vault theoretically an arch rotated on its vertical axis
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fresco
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painting on lime plaster either dry or wet. In wet/true pigment binds with the plaster creating a permenant image
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concrete
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a building material invented by the romans and consisting of various proportions of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water and small stones
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peripteral (peristyle)
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a colonnade all around the cella and its porches, single row of collumns on all sides
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basilica vs central plan
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in central plan, the parts of the structure are equal or almost equal dimenisions around the center. in basilica rectangular with entrance on one side and apse on other
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nave
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the central area of a basilica church demarcated from aisles by piers or columns
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aisles
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the portion of the basilica flanking the nave and seperated from it by rows of piers or columns
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apse
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a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church
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transept
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the part of the church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle
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narthex
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a porch or vestibule of a church, generally colonnaded or arcaded and precedding the nave
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ambulatory
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a covered walkway outdoors (as in a church cloister) or indoors esp the passageway around the apse and the choir of a church
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mosaic
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patterns or pictures made by embeding small pieces (tesserae) of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors
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illuminated manuscript
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a luxurious handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations
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monastery
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a group of buildings in which monks live together set apart from the secular community of a town
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sarcophagus
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latin consumer of flesh, coffin usually stone
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radiating chapels
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chapels for the display of relics that openned directly onto the ambulatory and the transept
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buttress
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an exterior structure that opposes the lateral thrust of an arch or a vault
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portal
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A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing.
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tympanum
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the space enclosed by a lintel and arch over a doorway
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rib vault
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a vault in which the diagonal and transverse ribs compose a structural skeleton that partially supports the masonry web between them
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pointed arch
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a narrow arch of pointed profile in contrast to a semicircular arch
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flying buttress
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consists typically of an inclined member carried on an arch or a series of arches and a solid buttress to which it transmits lateral thrust
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stained glass
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the colored glass used for windows
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rose window
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a circular stained glass window
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jamb
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the side posts of a doorway
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relic/reliquary
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the body parts, clothing, or objects associated with a holy figure/a container for holding relics
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book of hours
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a christian book for private devotion containing prayers to be read at specified times of the day
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Louis IX
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St Chapel
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Augustus
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first Roman emperor, wanted to be seen as youthful
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Constantine
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founded Byzantium/constantinople, "first Christian emperor,"
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Justinian
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oversaw building of Haga Sophia
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Charlemagne
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Carolingian Renaissance, flowering of scholarship, literature, art and architecture
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Abbot Suger
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improved and rebuilt St Denis
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