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Art History 3
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11th Grade
12/12/2011

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Arcade
Definition
Series of Arches
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Patricians
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The upper classes of the ROman Republic
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Plebians
Definition
The roman Lower Classes
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Niches
Definition
Opening in walls
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Coffers
Definition
Recessed pannel in vault or ceiling
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Aqueducts
Definition
Roman bridges used to carry water to cities and towns
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Terra Cotta
Definition
Hard baked clay used for sculpture or pottery
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Concrete
Definition
Made by Romans to form structures and holds parts of architecture
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Triumphal Arches
Definition
Monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arches passageways
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Dome
Definition
Circular vault made up of a series of arches intersecting each other around a central axis
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Fresco
Definition
Wall painting on a moist plaster
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Contrapposto
Definition

You better know what the fuck this is. 

Counter balance, graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips. 

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Ashlar Masonry
Definition
Building constructed out of carefully cut stone blocks that are fit together w/o cement. 
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Amphitheater
Definition
Center for entertainment and performances
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Bust
Definition
A sculpture showing the head shoulders
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Forum
Definition
Originally any open space available for public use
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Toga
Definition
Civil dress of male Roman citizens made of a single piece of material draped to cover the whole person except for the head and right arm. 
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Catacomb
Definition
An underground Cemetary
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Loculi
Definition
Opening in the walls where the body of the person was placed
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Cubiculum
Definition
small rooms inside the catacombs
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Mosaic
Definition
Art made of shards of glass or stone
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Mosaic
Definition
art made of shards of glass or stone
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Tesserae
Definition
The small colored cubes that make up a mosaic
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Syncretism
Definition
Borrowing of ideas from previous cultures/ideologies and incorporating them in another style
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Central Plan
Definition
Type of plan where the altar is in the middle and an ambulatory surrounds it, people would sit around the central altar. 
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Basilica plan
Definition
plan with a long central nave and an apse at the end where the altar was. 
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