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Tesserae
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Small pieces of stone, glass, or other material that are assembled to create a mosaic. (Tile Mosaic Mihrab)
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Maqsura
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An enclosure for rulers or dignitaries in front of the mihrab of a mosque (Any mosque)
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Interlace
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A type of linear decoration in which ribbonlike bands are illusionistically depicted as if woven over one another (Incarnation Page from Book of Kells)
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Horror Vacui
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"Fear of open spaces" (Incarnation Page from Book of Kells)
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Flying Buttress
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An Arch built on the exterior of a building that transfers the thrust of the roof vaults at important stress points to a detached buttress pair (Cathedral of Chartes)
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Qibla
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The direction of Mecca. In a mosque the Qibla Wall is orientated towards Mecca. (The Great Friday Mosque)
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Calligraphy
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Handwriting in an art form (Page from the Quran)
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Portal
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A grand entrance, door, or gate, usually important to a building and decorated with sculpture. (The Last Judgment, West Portal, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare
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Mihrab Niche
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A recess or niche that distinguishes the wall oriented towards Mecca ( Qibla Wall) (Tile Mosaic Mihrab)
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Iwan
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A large vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side. (Masjid-Jami Isfahan)
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Hajj
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5th pillar of Islam, must pilgrimage to Mecca
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Pointed Arch
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An arch that relieves lateral thrust (West Portal, Cathedral of Chartes)
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Jamb
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The vertical element found on both sides of a door or an opening in a wall, often supporting an arch or lintel. (Ancestors of Christ)
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trumeau
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A column, pier, or post found at the center of a large portal or doorway, supporting the lintel.
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Voussoir
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The oblong wedge-shaped stone blocks used to build an arch (Great Mosque at Cordoba)
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Fresco- Verro
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true fresco- when you paint wat paint directly onto wet plaster causing it to become part of the wall. (Sistine Chapel)
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Wood cut
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A type of print, roll ink onto wood and the ridges only get wet, able to make copies. (the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
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Atmospheric Perspective
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A method of rendering the effect of spacial distance by subtle variations in color and clarity of representation (The Tribute Money)
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Linear Perspective
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A method of creating the illusion of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface by delineating a horizontal line. Meeting at a vanishing point. (The Last Supper)
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Chairoscuro
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From light to dark
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Engraving
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Printing on a metal surface carve by a burin. (The Fall of Man)
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Naturalism
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A style of depiction in which the physical appearance of the rendered image in nature seems to be accurately described (Pieta)
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Oil Painting
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Any painting executed with the pigments suspended in a medium of oil. (Jan van Eyck self portrait)
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Tempera
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A painting medium by blending egg or egg yolk with water, pigments, and occasionally other materials such as glue. (The Birth of Venus)
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Sfumato
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The effect of haze in an image (The Mona Lisa)
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