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Formal elements

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Shape
Form 
Tone 
Texture 
Pattern color
Composition
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Line

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A point moving in space

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Composition

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Placement of visual arrangements

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Perspective

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Creating an illusion of a 3D on a 2 dimensional surface

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Content

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A works subject matter

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Form

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An artists way of using elements of art

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Pigment

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A material that Changes the colo of reflected or transmitted light

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Style

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The way the artwork looks

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Paleolithic

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The early phase of the Stone Age

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Mesolithic

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Relating to the middle part of the Stone Age ,

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Neolithic

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Relating to the later part of the Stone Age

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Sculpture in the round

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A type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete 3D form

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Sculpture in relief

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The sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material

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Megalith

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A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument

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Menhir

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A tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times

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Dolmen

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A megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones

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Cromlech

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A megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones

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Post and lintel construction

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A building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them

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Iamassu

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Assyrian protective deity , has. Human head n the body of lion or bull

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Fertile ribbon

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The arable land lying along the Nile river in Egypt

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Maat

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Goddess of truth justice n cosmic order , daughter of sun god Ra

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Mastaba

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Rectangular structure of ancient Egypt tombs that’s built is mud or stone

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Step pyramid

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Uses flat platforms receding from the ground up to achieve a completed shape

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Canons if proportion

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Unit of measurement to establish the proportions of the human figure

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Mesopotamia
An ancient region located in eastern Mediterranean
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Registers
Horizontal level in a work that consists of several levels arranged one above the other
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Cuneiform
System of writing developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia
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Hierarchal proportion
Artists uses unnatural proportion to depict the relative importance
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Stele a
A stone or wooden slab , erected in the ancient as a monument
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Ziggurat
Rectangular temple or terraced mound built by ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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Cylinder seal
A cylinder engraved in intaglio n used in Mesopotamia to roll an impression on wet clay
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Terra cotta
A hard fired clay used for architectural ornaments and facings
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Fresco
Painting on a moist , plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a lime water mixture
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Faience
An elegant kind of pottery
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Post and lintel
A building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements
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Citadel
Core fortified area of a town or city
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Corbel
A structural piece of stone , wood or metal jutting
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Geometric period
A phase of Greek art , noticed by geometric motifs in vase painting
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Meander patterns
A decorative border created from a continuous line
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Orientalizing style
It suggests th adoption of those themes in Greek art
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Archaic period
The earliest phases of a culture
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Lekythos
Used fir storing oil by the ancient Greeks
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Early classical period
The dominant idiom of Greek sculpture
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Classical period
The art of the Greek and the romans
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Contraposta
Means counterpoise
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Naos
The inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture
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Doric ionic and Corinthian orders
They originated in wood
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Acropolis
A citadel of an ancient Greek city
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Peristyle
A courtyard with a covered walkway all the way around it
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Metope
A rectangular,ar architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs
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Frieze
A decorative band , there might be a frieze if sculpted angels
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Pediment
Architectural element found particularly in classical , neoclassical
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Caryatids
Takes the form of a standing female figure in Ancient Greek
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Waddle and daub
A composite building material used for making walks
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Pronaos
Vestibule flanked by three walls and one row of columns between the front
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Cinerary urn
Refers to an urn used to hold ashes
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Equestrian monument
A stature of a rider mounted on a. Horse
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Spolia
Repurposed building stone for new construction or decorative sculpture reused in new monuments
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Triumphal arch
A monumental structure in the shape of an archway
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Domus
Tho of houses for upper classsand some wealthy freedman
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Atrium
A large open air or skylight covered space surrounded by a building
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Compluvium
A square opening in the rigid of the ancient Roman atrium
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Barrel vault
Architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve
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Forum
Rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of some important ancient gov buildings
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Basilica plan
An oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in Ancient Rome especially for a court
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Public baths caldarium tepidarium frigodarium
Frigidarium is cold pool Tepidarium - which were used to open pores I’d the ski. The cold water would close the pores
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Amphitheater
Two sided theatre or theatre with seats on all sides
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Arcades
Succession of arches , each counter thrusting the next
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Engaged columns
A column embedded in a wall and partly projected from the surface of the wall
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Aqueducts
Bridge like system built to move water from one location to another
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Cella
Inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture
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Portico
A porch leading to the entrance of a building
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Oculus
A circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall
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Rotunda
Any building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome
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Coffered ceiling
A pattern of indentations or recesses in the overhead surface of an interior
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Catacombs
An underground cemetery
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Sarcophagus
A stone container that usually houses a coffin and an Egyptian mummy
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Traditio legis
Giving of the law
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Latin cross plan
A floor plan found in many cathedrals and churches
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Greek cross plan
Church plan in the firm of a greek cross
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Central plan
Any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas
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Ambulatory
A semicircular or polygonal aisle
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Tesserae
An individual tile, used in creating a mosaic
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Pendentives
A constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room
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Hajj
The pilgrimGe fi Mecca
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Quran
The recitation
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Qibla
The direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salat
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Martyrium plan
A church of a specified architectural form , centered on a central element
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Mosque
Large rectangular stone mosque with a hypostyke hall and a large inner sahn
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Ablutions foundation
It means washing
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Minaret
A lofty often slender tower or turret attaches to a mosque
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Qubba
Arabic for tomb structures
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Voussoirs
A wedge shaped element which is used in building an arch or vault
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Maqsura
Enclosure in a mosque, situated near the mihrab and minbar
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Cloisonné
A style of enamel decoration , the enamel is applied and fired in raised cells
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Carpet page
Characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts
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Codex
A manuscript book especially of scripture classics or ancient annals
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Scriptorium
Place for writing
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Illuminated manuscript
The text is supplemented with such decoration as initials borders and miniature illustrations
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Reliquary
Physical remains of a saint or the Etsy always effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes
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Tympanum
Semi circle or triangle decjratove was | lol surface over an entrance doors windiw
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Radiating chapels
Projecting chapels arranged radially around the ambulatory of a semicircle
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Mandorla
Almond shaped aureole of light surrounding 5hs entire figure of a holy person

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