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1) the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers. 2) The public square of an ancient Roman city. 3) The earliest style of Roman mural painting. Also called masonry style, because the aim of the artist was to imitate, using painted stucco relief, the appearance of costly marble panels. 5) In basilica architecture, the series of arches supported by piers or columns separating the nave from the aisles.6) a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. 7) The three initial letters (chi-rho-iota) of Christ’s name in Greek, which came to serve as a monogram for Christ.9) The horizontal arrangement of the parts of a building or of the buildings and streets of a city or town, or a drawing or diagram showing such an arrangement. The parts of the structure are of equal or almost equal dimensions around the center. 12) The official ritual of public worship. 13) A decorative pin, usually used to fasten garments. 15) In Roman mural painting, the style in which delicate linear fantasies were sketched on predominantly monochromatic backgrounds. 17) hand-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted.
18) Patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors; also, the technique of making such works.
20) A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to the surface while the mixture is hot.
23) In Early Christian art, a figure with both arms raised in the ancient gesture of prayer.
25) In ancient Greek architecture, an open building with a roof supported by a row of columns parallel to the back wall. A covered colonnade or portico. |
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4) A wedge-shaped stone block used in the construction of a true arch. The central block, which sets the arch, is called the keystone. 6) Greek, "cube." A tiny stone or piece of glass cut to the desired shape and size for use in forming a mosaic8) True to natural appearance; superrealistic10) Elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven.
11) In Roman architecture, has a series of engaged columns all around the sides and back of the cella to give the appearance of a peripteral colonnade. 14) has a long history in Roman art and architecture, beginning in the second century BCE. The term is something of a misnomer, however, because Roman arches celebrated more than just military victories. Freestanding arches, usually crowned by gilded-bronzed statues, commemorated a wide variety of events, ranging from victories abroad to the building of roads and bridges at home.16) Latin, “eye.” The round central opening of a dome. Also, a small round window in a Gothic cathedral. 19) The style of Roman mural painting in which the aim was to dissolve the confining walls of a room and replace them with the illusion of a three-dimensional world constructed in the artist’s imagination. 21) A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of building, commonly found at the east end of a church. 22) Greek, “rule by four.” A type of Roman government established in the late third century CE by Diocletian in an attempt to foster order by sharing power with potential rivals. 24) In Roman mural painting, this style marks a return to architectural illusionism, but the architectural vistas of this style are irrational fantasies. 26) A building material invented by the Romans and consisting of various proportions of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water, and small stones.
27) the central area of an ancient Roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.28) wall decoration consisting of bright panels of different colors.
29) In Roman architecture, a public building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. In Christian architecture, a church somewhat resembling this Roman term , usually entered from one end and with an apse at the other.
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