L lettered words Flashcards

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Lamassu

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A colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art.

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Lamentation

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A scene that shows Jesus’ followers mourning his death; usually includes Mary, Saint John, and Mary Magdalene.

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Lancet

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A tall narrowed window with a pointed arch, usually filled with stained glass.

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Landscape

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A pictorial representation of natural scenery.

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Lapis Lazuli

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A deep blue stone prized for its color.

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Lapita

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An ancient Pacific culture believed to be the common ancestor of the contemporary cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and some areas of Melanesia.

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Last Judgement

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In Christianity, the judgment before God at the end of the world.

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Lenape

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Like the other tribes in the Northeastern United States, the Lenni Lenape were agricultural people who also engaged in some gathering of wild plants, hunting, and fishing. Like the other Indian people in this region, they raised corn (maize), beans, squash, sunflowers, and other crops.

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Liangzhu

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The people of the Liangzhu Culture occupied an area in China near modern-day Lake Tai. Their territory stretched through the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces and went as far east as Shanghai.

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Limestone

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Limestone can vary substantially in hardness, the softer forms being very easy to cut, the harder ones often as hard as marble.

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Line

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The extension of a point along a path, made concrete in art by drawing on or chiseling into a plane.

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Loculi

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Openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead.

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Longitudinal Plan

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The horizontal arrangement of the parts of a building or a drawing or a diagram showing such an arrangement. In an axial or longitudinal plan, the parts of a building are organized longitudinally; or along a given axis.

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Low Relief

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In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are a part. The degree of the relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. In low relief, the figures do not project much from the background.

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Lukasa

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Memory device that was created, manipulated, and protected by the Bambudye, a once powerful secret society of the Luba.

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Lunette

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