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named after british lord who discovered remnants of parthenon

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Elgin Marbles

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small pieces of glass that make up mosaic are called

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Tasserae

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built to transport water to the roman cities

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Aqueducts

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built to transport water to the roman cities

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Oculus

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roman furniture using combination of head of a lion and its head

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Monopodia

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roman glassware imbedded with semi-precious stone

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Murrhine

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designer who pioneered the use of plastic in design

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Eero Arnio

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Which architectural style popularized the use of synthetic building materials such as glass plastic and steel?

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Art Deco

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who first used revolutionary design idea of the dome’s design on florence cathedral

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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What architectural form inspired I.M. Pei’s for the new glass entrance to the louvre

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Pyramid

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found on ground floor of bahay na bato is where the carriages and saint floats or andas are usually kept

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Zaguan

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art nouveau in italy is also known as

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Stile Floraele

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These are design in Gothic architecture made of lobes of either metal or concrete

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Trefoil

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A form of writing used by egyptians that were incised or painted

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Hieroglyphics

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A form of writing used by egyptians that were incised or painted

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Obelisks

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Type of roof during the french renaissance period

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Mansard Roof

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An elaborate plaster or stucco ceiling treatments done in relief during the tudor-elizabethan

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Bas Relief

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The monarch associated with French Rococo

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Louis XV

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The monarch associated with French Baroque

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Louis XIV

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The monarch associated with French Early Neoclassic Period

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Louis XV

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An optical illusion usually in form of decoration painted in roman walls in three dimensional forms

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Trompe L’oeil

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This arrangement of three couches was a social norm during banquets

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Triclunium

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Kind of hydraulic concrete used by roman to build bridged and aqueducts

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Pozzoulana

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Church plan of byzantine church

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Greek Cross

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Chinese architecture that is monumental archway or gateway
Pai Lou
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French glassware designer of Art Noveau period
Rene Lalique
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Projecting part of arampart or other fortification, typically forming an irregular pentagon
Bastion
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The inner slope or wall of the ditch sorrounding a rampart
Escarp
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Louis XIV associated himself with which nature sign that became integral to the design of the Versailles and has identified Louis eversince
Sun
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Technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors
Yeseria
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A very young nude boy sometimes with wings often seen cavorting in renaissance style works
Putto
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English master sculptor known for his trophies in panels, swags and festoons
Christopher Wren
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Term refers to a small dome set atop another dome or roof
Cupola
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Decorative series of curved inverted flutings or convex and concave flutings as on silversmith work
Gadroon
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Bay window projecting from an outside wall and supported from beneath by a bracket
Oriel Window
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Period when The Great Wall of China was erected to protect China against nomads
Qin Dynasty
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Flat round decoration like a shield or rosette in bas relief the ornament often used in coffers
Patera
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An italian Renaissance mosaic inlay of marbles and assorted stones. The stonework is glued by stone to a base after being sliced and cut in different shape sections and then assembled together precisely
Pietra Dura
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Artist's name means "bird", he was known for fantastic frescoes and love of perspective devices
Uccello
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What are the gateways to the buddhist Stupas called
Toranas
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Statement for describing Caryatid
Draped female figure serving as a column
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Japanese painting type executed on vertical silk scrolls
Ukiyo-e Hanga
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Slender and graceful column with two rows of vertical acanthus leaves below four small volutes applied to a belle shaped form
Corinthian
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Religious and political movement of 16th century Europe that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the formation of Protestant Churches
Reformation
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Similar to stadium but longer in length to accommodate horse races
Hippodrome
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The Athena statue in the Parthenon was built of ivory and gold, the combination of which is called:
Chryselephantine
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Decorative feature at the edge of the pediment
Antefix
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Means voluptuous and muscular figures as the beauty ideal
Rubenesque
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Artist placed emphasis on emotion and dynamism and there was a deliberate lack of clarity when it corners to themes
Baroque Style
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A round arch wherein the space between column would form a perfect square
Tondo
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Art director of Napoleon during the Neoclassic period, recorded the horrors of the period, mythodology and Napoleonic exploits
Jean Louis David
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Major wood used during the Neoclassical period
Mahogany
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French version of Oriental Design
Chinoiserie
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Major proponent of cubism on the Philippines
Vicente Manansala
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Most popular artist who worked the Tipos del apis style, 1821, formal fine arts school in the country in his house, the Academia de Dibujo
Damian Domingo
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Describes blending of tone or colors so subtly that they melt into one another without perceptible transitions
Sfumato
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Egyptian temple devoted only for dead pharaoh
Mortuary temple
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Group of international artist in Paris which began to devise new methods of pictorial representation, focused on scientific concept of vision and study of optical effects of light
The realist
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"Gothic model church"
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres
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Painter of Grande Odalisque
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
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Filipino Spanish colonial display cabinet for a bric a brac
Platera
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Baroque painter known for his technique of tenebrism or the sharp contrast of light and dark, known for Crucifixion
Michelangelo Caravaggio
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Part of house, a shop with direct road access managed by servants with direct access to atrium, seperate from house
tablinum
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Stairs landing in Bahay na Bato used as additional seating for tenants and strangers
Descanso
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French sculptor designer of statue of Liberty overlooking New York harbor
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
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The national artist for architecture 1976
Pablo Sebero Antonio
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Term combination of literal meaning of plain and simple, german surname, designate stereotype of a smug bourgeois gentleman without culture
Biedermier
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The traditional religion of Japan
Shinto
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Glass dome to serve protection for the Santos
Virina
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half moon area above doorways ornamented with complex
Tympanum
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largest of all imperial halls within forbidden city beijing
Hall of Supreme Harmony
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one of leading cabinetmaker during federal period, influenced by sheraton and hepplewhite
Duncan Pyfe
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famous desk made during reign of Louis XV, king's desk
The Bureau du Roi
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Convex molding supporting abacus sometimes ornamented with egg and dart
Echinus
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Term means, image destroyers, those who argued the divine nature of Christ should not be represented and encourage idolatry
Iconoclast
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derived from the alms box which used in chuches to collect food for the poor during tudor period
Livery Cupboard
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Furniture embellishment, series of rounded forms of the same size, graduated like string of beads
Pearling
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known as Florentine mosaic means hard stone, form of inlay of pieces of marble, semi precious stones
Pietre Dura
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Art movement was a reaction to gothic revival, slogan was "Art for art's stake"
Aesthetic movement

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