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Roman Vocab Flashcards

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Aisles

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passage or open corridor

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Amphitheater

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Oval building with tiers of seats around central open area

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Aqueduct

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Channel for conducting water from a distance

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Arcade

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Series of arches carried by columns / piers and supporting common wall or lintel

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Atmospheric perspective

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Rendering effect of spatial distance by subtle variations in color and clarity of representation.

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Atrium

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Unroofed interior courtyard or room, sometimes having pool, garden, or surrounded by columns

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Barrel vault

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Elongated or continuous semicircular vault (half-cylinder)

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Basilica

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Large rectangular building. Often built with clerestory, side aisles separated from center by colonnade and apses. Center for administration (adapted later by Christian Church)

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Buttressing

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Prior support, usually of masonry, projecting from the face of a wall and serving either to strengthen it or to resist the side thrust created by the load on an arch or a roof

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Christogram

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a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ

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Clerestory

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Topmost zone of wall with windows in basilica. Provides direct light into actual interior space.

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Coffers

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Recessed decorative panel used to reduce weight and decorate ceilings or vaults

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Colonnade

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Row of columns supporting lintel

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Composite order

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Combination of Ionic and Corinthian

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Concrete

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material used for building structures

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Constantinope

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dedicated by emperor Constantine in 330 ce; used to be port city of Byzantium.

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Constantine

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Roman emperor who ruled beginning in 312 ce; first christian emperor and first to be religiously tolerant

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Continuous Narrative

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illustrates multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame

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Dado

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Lower part of wall

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Diptych

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Two panels of equal size (usually decorated w/ paintings or relief) that are hinged together

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Dome

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Round vault over circular space

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Drum

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Wall that supports dome

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Edict of Milan

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313CE

Granted freedom to all religious groups.

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Emblemata

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In mosaic, elaborate central motif on floor with small tessarae, done in more detail

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Encaustic

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Pigments and hot wax as medium

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Engaged column

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Column attached to wall

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Equestrian Statue

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bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius that works as propaganda to emphasize his power as emperor

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Exedrae

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Semicircular niche, small decoration, large interior space (apse)

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Forum

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Center of civic life, equivalent of agora

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Fresco

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Technique where waterbased pigments applied to surface of wet plaster

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Groin vault

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Created by intersetion of 2 barrel vaults

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Hemispheric dome

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rim of dome is supported on a drum (circular wall)

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Insulae

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residential apartments (for lower class)

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Intuitive Perspective

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method of giving the impression of recession by visual instinct, not an overall system or program

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Linear perspective

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illusion of a measured and continuously receding space

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Mount Vesuvius

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a damn volcano that buried Pompeii

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Nave

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central space of a basilica, two or three stories high and usually flanked by aisles

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Oculus

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Circular opening, apex of dome

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Patrician

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Upper class (republic)

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Pax Romana

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Roman Peace, period of stability, prosperity, and peace

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Pedestal

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Platform or base supporting sculpture

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Pilaster

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Engaged columnar element that is rectangular and used for decoration

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Plebian

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Lower class (republic)

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Pompeii

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Affluent southern Italian city

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Roman Empire

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post-Republican period with autocratic government

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Roman Republic

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Roman period with republic form of government, meaning that government was a public matter

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Roman temple

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followed pattern of Etruscan and Greek buildings

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Roundels

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any element with circular format, often exterior decoration.

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Still Life

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painting where subject is inanimate

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Stucco

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mixture of lime, sand, etc. into easily molded/modeled material. Very durable surface when dry

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Tempera paint

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painting medium made by blending egg yolk with water

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Tesserae

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Small pieces of stone, glass, etc. used to make mosaic

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Tetrarchy

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4 man rule over empire

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Third century crisis

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Period where Roman Empire almost collapsed from invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression

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Triumphal arch

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archway with one or more arched passageways. Has two massive piers connected by arch and entablature. Decorated with carvings and reliefs.

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Tuscan order

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variation of Doric order. Smooth shaft, plain architrave, and undecorated frieze

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Veneer

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exterior facing of building, often in decorative patterns of fine stone or brick

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Veristic

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style where artists capture exterior likeness of object or person

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Voussoir

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oblong, wedge-shaped stone blocks used to build an arch. Topmost block is called keystone

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atrium

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formal entrance hall

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Ala

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“wings” opening from atrium

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Cubiculum

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small room; bedroom

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Culina

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Exedra

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garden room

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Peristylium

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colonnaded garden

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Taberna

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Tablinum

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office; study

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Triclinium

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dining room

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Vestibulum

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entrance hall

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