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24 Cards in this Set
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Sarcophagus
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a stone coffin
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Arch
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curved part of a structure over an opening that supports a wall or other weight above the opening
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Vault
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arrangement of arches, usually forming a ceiling or roof
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Buttress
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a structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it
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Trompe l'oeil
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a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail
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Fresco
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a painting that is done on wet plaster
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Triumphal Arch
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monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road
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Basilica
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an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly
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Coffered
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a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault
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Iconic
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(of a classical Greek statue) depicting a victorious athlete in a conventional style.
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Iconography
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a collection of illustrations or portraits.
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Nave
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the main part of the interior of a church; especially : the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory
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Apse
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semicircular section at head of a church, usually where the altar is
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Transept
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cross section at the head of a church
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Clerestory
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row of windows at top (knave) of a building that let in light
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Centralplan
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round, polygonal, or cruciform in design
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Pendentives
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the concave triangular members that support a dome over a square space
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Manuscript
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a written or typewritten composition or document as distinguished from a printed copy
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Iconoclasm
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Destruction of religious images
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Mosque
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a building used for public worship by Muslims
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mihrab
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a niche or chamber in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca
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minaret
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a tall, thin tower of a mosque with a balcony from which the people are called to prayer
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ambulatory
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a sheltered place (as in a cloister or church) for walking
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tympanum
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the space within an arch and above a lintel or a subordinate arch
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