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historiated capital

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The sculpted block that tops a column. According to the conventions of the orders, capitals include different decorative elements (see order). A historiated capital is one displaying a figural composition and/or narrative scenes. The element of the interior elevation of a church found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings in front of a passageway within the thickness of the wall.

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identifying and studying conventional symbols in works of art

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A painting on paper or parchment used as an illustration and/or decoration in a manuscript or album. Usually richly colored, often supplemented by gold and other precious materials. The artists are referred to as illuminators. Also: the technique of decorating manuscripts with such paintings.

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Vertical elements in a Romanesque portal

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Deities who the Kasuga shrine is dedicated.

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The innermost and strongest structure or central tower of a medieval castle, sometimes used as living quarters, as well as for defense. Also called a donjon.

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Golden hall in Horyuji Compound

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defining factors of Buddha; present in every Buddha figure; top-knot, urna, yogic pose, elongated lobes

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female goddess (or energy) with vishnu

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A tall, narrow window crowned by a sharply pointed arch, typically found in Gothic architecture.

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A turretlike structure situated on a roof, vault, or dome, with windows that allow light into the space below.

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idea and matter

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a place of worship centered around an object or lingam, which symbolizes Shiva's power

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form of a phallus

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term for a gallery. Often used as a corridor between buildings or around a courtyard, a loggia usually features an arcade or colonnade

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an open hall dedicated to ritual worship, in Hindu temples

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Light encircling, or emanating from, the entire figure of a sacred person.

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A basic unit of construction (The bay)

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Of an eclectic style practiced in Christian medieval Spain when much of the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Islamic dynasties.

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Towers associated with East Asian Buddhist temples.

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a type of writing using only symbols to depict a person or object

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Bottom layer of Carolingian church used as mausoleum.

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a church that attracts visitors wishing to see the relics of the church and to attend services

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Stonework or woodwork forming a pattern in the open space of windows or applied to wall surfaces. In plate tracery, a series of openings are cut through the wall. In bar tracery, mullions divide the space into segments to form decorative patterns.

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grand entrance, door, usually to an important public building and often decorated with sculptures

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A four-lobed decorative pattern common in Gothic art and architecture.

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Name of the emperor who unified chinese empire.

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Human Heartedness

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a groin vault with decorative or structural ribs

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in the roman manner

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A round window, often filled with stained glass set into tracery patterns in the form of wheel spokes, found in the façades of the naves and transepts of large Gothic churches.

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In early medieval northern Europe, a stone used as a commemorative monument and carved or inscribed with runes, a writing system used by early Germanic peoples.

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red markers to indicate people who have owned the object or document, like a signature

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shape of the northern-style temples; smooth representing the Himalayan

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Japan's indigenous religious belief system.

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Fragments of older architecture or sculpture reused in a secondary context. Latin for "hide stripped from an animal."

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A Scandinavian wooden structure with four huge timbers (staves) at its core.

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horizontal band decorating the face of the outside wall and separating the levels of the church

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great, ultimate daoism

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dragon or animal-like mask (spiritual faces) commonly used as a decorative motif

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arm of the cruciform church perpendicular to the nave; where it crosses the nave, it is called the crossing

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An arch that connects the wall piers on both sides of an interior space, up and over a stone vault.

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The element of the interior elevation of a church found directly below the clerestory and consisting of a series of arched openings in front of a passageway within the thickness of the wall.

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Central pier

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Semicircle directly over door in Romanesque church

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stair-like top on the southern-style temples

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The monumental, west-facing entrance section of a Carolingian, Ottonian, or Romanesque church. The exterior consists of multiple stories between two towers; the interior includes an entrance vestibule, a chapel, and a series of galleries overlooking the nave.

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