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AP Art History- Roman Art Vocab
Vocab from Chap 10 or Gardner's Art Through the Ages
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11/27/2011

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aisle
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The portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers.
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amphitheater
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Greek, “double theater.” A Roman building type resembling two Greek theaters put together. The Roman amphitheater featured a continuous elliptical cavea around a central arena.
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apotheosis
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Elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven.
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apse
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A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church.
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arcade
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A series of arches supported by piers or columns.
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atrium
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The court of a Roman house that is partly open to the sky. Also the open, colonnaded court in front of and attached to a Christian basilica.
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basilica
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In Roman architecture, a civic building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side.
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caldarium
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The hot-bath section of a Roman bathing establishment.
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Capitolium
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An ancient Roman temple dedicated to the gods Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
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aqueduct
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An overground water system
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cubiculum
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A small cubicle or bedroom that opened onto the atrium of a Roman house. Also, a chamber in an Early Christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel.
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damnatio memoriae
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The Roman decree condemning those who ran afoul of the Senate. Those who suffered damnatio memoriae had their memorials demolished and their names erased from public inscriptions.
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coffer
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In architecture a sunken panel in a ceiling. 
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encaustic
Definition
A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot. 
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cupola
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A small dome rising over the roof of a building; in architecture a roof is achieved by rotating an arch on it's axis. 
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fauces
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In a Roman house the narrow foyer leading to the atrium 
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imagines
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In ancient Rome wax portraits of ancestors
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insula
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In Roman architecture a multistory apartment house, usually made of brick-faced concrete; also refers to a city block. 

 

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oculus
Definition
The round central opening of a dome 
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triumphal arch
Definition
In Roman architecture, a freestanding arch commemorating an important event, such as a military victory or the opening of a new road. In Christian architecture, the arch framing the apse at the end of a church nave.
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velarium 
Definition
In a Roman amphitheater, the cloth awning that could be rolled down from the top of the cavea to shield spectators from sun or rain.
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Peristyle
Definition
An atrium surrounded by columns in a Roman house. 
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