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earth

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square

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heaven

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circle

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radical plan

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planed around a circle

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oculus

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latein for eye, the round skylight in the pantheon

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rotunda

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circular room or dome

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coffer

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a sunken panel in the roof, decor

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exedra

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recessed area in the wall

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barrel vault

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a hallway with the roof being a arch

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groin vault

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a four way meeting point of arches

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gravitas

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seriousness of mind

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virtus

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civic virtue

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verism

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exaggerated realism

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patronus

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patron or high ranking member of society

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client

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dependent of patrons

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atrium

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century room partially open to the sky

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doric

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plane top

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ironic

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the top is swirly

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corinthian

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the top has leafs

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acropolis

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high city

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perstyle

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the columns go all the way around

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peripteral

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the columns go in one row

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fluting

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vertical channeling

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krater

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wide mouth on a pot

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black figure

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the figures are black and everything around it is red

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red fugure

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the figures are red and everything around it is black

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kore

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young woman

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peplos

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a style of dress

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polly chrome

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multi colored

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kouros

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young man

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archaic smile

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a calm and collected face

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agora

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an open space used for meetings and business

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democracy

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power from the people

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