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Spolia |
soft volcanic rock |
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Roundel |
Any element with a circular format,often placed as a decoration on the exterior ofarchitecture. |
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Colossal |
having more than one story of columns |
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Catacombs |
A subterranean burial groundconsisting of tunnels on different levels, having niches forurns and sarcophagi and often incorporating rooms(cubiculae). |
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Orant |
The representation of a standing figurepraying with outstretched and upraised arms. |
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Syncretism |
A process whereby artistsassimilate images and ideas from other traditions orcultures and give them new meanings. |
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Lunette |
A semicircular wall area, framed byan arch over a door or window. Can be either plain ordecorated. |
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St. Peter |
"The rock upon which the church is built," patron martyr of St. Peter's Basilica |
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Basilica Plan |
Shaped like a T or cross |
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Central Plan |
Floorplan based around a central element (altar) |
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Nave |
The central space of a basilica, two orthree stories high and usually flanked by aisles. |
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Transept |
The arm of a cruciform church,perpendicular to the nave. The point where the nave andtransept cross is called the crossing. Beyond the crossinglies the sanctuary, whether apse, choir, or chevet. |
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Aisle |
Passage or open corridor of a church,hall, or other building that parallels the main space,usually on both sides, and is delineated by a row, orarcade, of columns or piers. Called side aisles whenthey flank the nave of a church. |
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Ambulatory |
walking space |
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Mosaic |
Images formed by small colored stoneor glass pieces (tesserae), affixed to a hard, stable surface. |
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Arch of Constantine Rome, Italy 312-315 CE |
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Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine Rome, Italy 325-326 CE marble |
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Interior of the synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria, with wall paintings of Old Testament themes c. 245-256 CE tempera on plaster |
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Restored cutaway view and plan of Old St. Peter’s Rome, Italy c. 320-327 CE |
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Santa Costanza Mosaic Rome, Italy c. 350 CE |
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Santa Costanza Rome, Italy c. 350 CE |
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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus Rome, Italy c. 359 CE marble |
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The Good Shepherd, Orants, and the Story of Jonah, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus Rome, Italy late 3rd-early 4th century CE |
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The Tetrarchs Constantinople, but perhaps produced in Egypt c. 300 CE porphyry |
