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patische
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Artistic hodgepodge that mirrors another artists style.
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patina
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Green or oxidized layer that forms on bronze and copper.
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pediment
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Triangular space at the end of the building.
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pendentive
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A concave triangular piece of masonry.
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peripteral
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Building surrounded by a colonnade.
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peristyle
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The colonnade surrounding a building or court.
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perspective
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Formula for projecting an illusion of three dimnesional world onto a 2d.
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piano nobile
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Principle story in a Renaissance building.
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pictograph
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Picture usually stylized that represents an idea.
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picture plane
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Surface of a picture.
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pier
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A vertical masonry support.
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Pieta
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A work of art depicting Mary and a dead Christ.
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pigment
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Powdered coloring matter mized or ground to color.
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pilaster
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Flat, rectangular, vertical item projecting from wall.
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pillar
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A weight-carrying member.
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pithos
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Large clay storage vessel frequently set into the earth and possesing no flat base.
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plan
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Horizontal arrangements of parts of a building.
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plasticity
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Three-dimensionality of an object.
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plein-air building
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Representation of effects of outdoor light and atmosphere in Impressionism.
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pointillism
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Method of painting with small dots that from a distance appear together.
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polychrome
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Done in several colors.
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polyptych
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Altarpiece made up of more then three sections.
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porcelain
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Translucent pottery made of fine white clay.
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pophyry
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A purplish Egyptian rock.
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portico
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A porch supported by columns
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post-and-lintel system
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A system in which two posts support a lintel.
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potsherds
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Broken pottery that provides archeological chronology.
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pottery
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Objects made of clay and hardened by fire.
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predella
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Edge on which altarpiece rests in back of altar.
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primary colors
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Red, yellow, and blue.
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program
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Architects formulation of a design. Or conceptual basis of a work.
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pronaos
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Space in front of cella in Greek temple.
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propylaeum
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Gateway building.
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prostyle
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Style of Greek temple in which columns stand in front of naos and extend its width.
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putto
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Young child, a favorite subject in Italian painting and sculpture.
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qiblah
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Direction towards which Muslims face in prayer.
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quadro-riportato
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Simulation of a wall painting for a ceiling with frames.
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quatrefoil
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Architectural ornament having four foils.
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quattrocento
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15th century in Italian arts.
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raking cornice
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Cornice on the sloping sides of a pediment.
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rayonnant
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Radiant style associated with France and Louis IX.
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realism
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Representation of things according to nature.
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red-figure technique
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Silhouetting red figures against a black background.
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reinforced concrete
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Concrete with increased strength by metal bars embetted.
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relief
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Figures projecting from a background.
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reliquary
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Small receptacle for sacred relic.
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repousse
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Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back.
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reserve column
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In Egyptian rock-cut tombs a column that is hewn and serves no weight bearing function.
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retable
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Screen or wall above or behind altar.
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reverse
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On coins or medals, the side opposite the obverse.
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rib
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Slender molded masonry that projects from surface.
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ridgepole
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Horizontal beam at the ridge of a roof, to which upper ends of rafters attach.
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rose or wheel window
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Large, circular window with tracery and stained glass.
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sacra conversazione
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Grouping of religious people so they appear to be conversing.
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sacralidllic scene
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Landscape depicting country life in idealized nature.
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sarcophagus
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stone coffin
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saturation
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Purity of a hue.
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satyr
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In Greek mythology a demi-god or deity.
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scale
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Dimensions of the parts of a building.
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scriptorum
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Medieval writing room in which scrolls were stored.
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sculpture in the round
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Freestanding figures, carved in three dimensions
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secondary colors
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green, orange, and purple.
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section
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Diagram of a part of a structure as well as imaginary plane.
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seicento
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17th century in Italian art.
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severe style
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Transitional Greek style that is formal but not rigid in pose and emphasizes principle of weight distribution.
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sfumato
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Smoke-like haziness that softens paintings.
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shaft
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Part of a column between capital and base.
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shaft grave
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A grave in the form of a deep pit.
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silver point
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Drawing technique using silver-tipped pencil.
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sinopia
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Reddish-brown earth color.
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Siva or Shiva
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Hindu god of construction and destruction.
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slip
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Potter's clay dispersed in liquid and used for casting.
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spandrel
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Roughly triangular sapce enclosed by curves of adjacent archs.
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splay
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Large bevel or chamber.
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splayed opening
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An opening that is cut away diagonally so that outer edges are farther apart then inner edges.
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square schematism
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Church plan in which crossing square is used as module.
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squinch
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Architectural device used to transform from square to circle.
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stave
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Wedge-shaped timber.
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stele
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Carved stone slab.
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still life
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Painting representing inanimate objects.
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stoa
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Open building with roof supported by a row of columns parallel to back wall.
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stringcourse
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Horizontal molding or band in masonry.
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stucco
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Fine plaster used for coating walls or decoration.
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stupa
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Large moung shaped Buddhist shrine.
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style
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Manner of works of art which are characteristic of a group.
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stylobate
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Upper step of base of Greek temple which is platform for columns.
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stylus
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Needle-like tool used for engraving or incising
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superimposed orders
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Orders of architecture placed one above another.
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symmetry
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Esthetic balance that is usually achieved on imaginary axis.
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