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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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encaustic
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painting technique in which mixed pigment w/wax, used on Roman coffins
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equestrian statue
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on horse back
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forum
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marketplace, center of town
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imagines
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(meaning literally, the image or face) were Roman funerary masks, thought to have been made of wax, that were hung after the person's death, in the atrium of their ancestral home providing they had held office in the Roman state. This meant that they had to have been at least a quaestor.
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insula
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literally: island, also means apartment
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nave
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The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.
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podium
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A low wall serving as a foundation.
A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker. |
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rustication
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To cut or shape (masonry blocks) so as to create a bold textured look, often by beveling the edges to form deep-set joints while leaving the central face rough-hewn or carved with various pointed or channeled patterns.
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tabinium
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reception hall, office
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verism
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superrealism (driver's license pic)
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pseudoperiptal
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a pseudoperipteral building is one with free standing columns in the front (colonnaded portico), but the columns along the sides are engaged in the peripheral walls of the building.
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basilica
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A public building of ancient Rome having a central nave with an apse at one or both ends and two side aisles formed by rows of columns, which was used as a courtroom or assembly hall
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oculus
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hole or "eye" at the top of a dome, lets in light and keeps the dome from getting too heavy
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