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16 Cards in this Set
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tufa
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type of rock which is soft when cut but hardens in air
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mural
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wall painting
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patricians
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land-owning aristocrats
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plebians
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lower-class
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patronage
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plebians choose a patrician as a patron for them
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composite order
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Ionic order with acanthus leaves of the Corinthian
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peristyle
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a colonnade surrounding a building
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amphitheater
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circular/oval theater
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oculus
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"eye" or opening in ceiling
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coffers
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square indentations on dome
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First Style
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imitations of marble style/ "masonry"
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Second Style
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"architectural" / "illusionistic"
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Third Style
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"ornamental" with monochromatic reds or blacks
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Fourth Style
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"fantasy" / combines all three styles
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Stoicism
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a willingness to accept what life brings with impassive equanimity
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odes
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lyric poems made up of lines of varied lengths
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