Architecture And Art

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Ambo

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(in an early Christian church) an oblong pulpit with steps at each end.

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Apse

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a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and typically at the church's eastern end.

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Atrium

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an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.

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Baroque

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A term generally applied to a style or design during the late Renaissance period, often characterised by over-elaboration of scrolls, curves and carved ornament.

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Basilica

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a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a law court or for public assemblies.a building similar to a Roman basilica, used as a Christian church.the name given to certain churches granted special privileges by the Pope.

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Bema

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the altar part or sanctuary in ancient and Orthodox churches.the podium or platform in a synagogue from which the Torah and Prophets are read.

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Buttress

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A mass of masonry built against a wall to resit the pressure of an arch or vault. A flying buttress is an arch abutting a wall and reaching out to the ground to take the thrust of the vaulting.

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Byzantine Architecture

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Byzantine architecture is the architecture of theByzantine Empire, also known as the Later Roman or Eastern Roman Empire.

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Capital

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In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface.

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Chapel

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a small building or room used for Christian worship in a school, prison, hospital, or large private house.

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Choir

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an organised group of singers, especially one that takes part in church services or performs in public.

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Clerestory Windows

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each of a series of windows in a clerestory. A window with no crosspiece dividing the light.

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Column

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an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument.

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Colonnade

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a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches.

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Cupola

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a rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling.

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Fan Vault

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A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly associated with England.

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Gothic

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The name generally given to the period style of medieval architecture prevalent erected as seperate buildings.

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Groin

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a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.

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Fresco

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the term originally applied to painting on a wall while the plaster is wet, but often used for any wall painting not in oil colours.

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Lancet Windows

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a slender pointed arched window

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Loggia

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a gallery behind an open arcade or colonnade, forming a shelter.

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Mosaic

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a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, etc

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Narthex

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a long arched porch forming an entrance into a Christian basilican church originally the place where penitents gathered because they could not join the community gathered around the alter during their time in penance.

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Nave

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the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars

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Portico

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a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.

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Renaissance

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the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

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Rib

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a long raised piece of strengthening or supporting material, in particular.

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Rococo

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denoting furniture or architecture characterised by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.

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Romanesque

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relating to a style of architecture which prevailed in Europe c. 900–1200, although sometimes dated back to the end of the Roman Empire (5th century).

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Rose 'Window

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a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose.

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Transept

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(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.

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Vault

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a roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings.