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Apotheosis |
elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven |
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Basilica |
Roman architecture, a public building for legal and other civic pro-ceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. In Christian architec-ture, a church somewhat resembling the Roman basilica, usually entered from one end and with an apse at the other |
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Blind arcade |
An arcade having no true open-ings, applied as decoration to a wall surface |
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Catacomb |
Subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers designed as cemeteries for the burial of the dead |
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Chimera |
A monster of Greek invention with the head and body of a lion and the tail of a serpent. A second head, that of a goat, grows out of one side of the body |
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Cista |
An Etruscan cylindrical con-tainer made of sheet bronze with cast handles and feet, often with elaborately engraved bodies, used for women’s toiletry articles |
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Concrete |
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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Cuirass |
A military leather breastplate |
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Damnatio memoriae |
The Roman decree con-demning those who ran afoul of the Senate. Those who suered damnatio memoriae had their memorials demolished and their names erased from public inscriptions |
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Decursio |
The ritual circling of a Roman funerary pyre |
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Encaustic |
A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to the surface while the mixture is hot |
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Eucharist |
In Christianity, the partaking of the bread and wine, which believers hold to be either Christ himself or symbolic of him |
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Forum |
In art, an object’s shape and structure, either in two dimensions (for example, a fig-ure painted on a surface) or in three dimen-sions (such as a statue ) |
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Iconoclasm |
The destruction of religious or sacred images. In Byzantium, the period from 726 to 843 when there was an imperial ban on such images. The destroyers of images were known as iconoclasts. Those who opposed such a ban were known as iconophiles |
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Insula |
In Roman architecture, a multistory apartment house, usually made of brick-faced concrete; also refers to an entire city block |
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Oculus |
Latin, “eye.” The round cen-tral opening of a dome. Also, a small round window in a Gothic cathedral |
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Orant |
In Early Christian art, a gure with both arms raised in the ancient gesture of prayer |
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Pantokrator |
Greek, “ruler of all.” Christ as ruler and judge |
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Pendentive |
A concave, triangular section of a hemisphere, four of which provide the transition from a square area to the circular base of a covering dome. Although pendentives appear to be hanging (pendant) from the dome, they in fact support it |
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Tessera |
Greek, “cube.” A tiny stone or piece of glass cut to the desired shape and size for use in forming a mosaic |
