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Aphrodite of Knidos
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Theatre at Epidauros
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Dying Gallic Trumpeter
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Altar of Pergamon
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Athena Attcking the Giants
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Laocoon and His Sons
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Nike of Samothrace
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Apollo from Veii
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Tomb of the Reliefs
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Sarcophagus from Cerveteri
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Portrait Head of an Elder
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Aulus Metellus
Roman Republican
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Pont Du Gard
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Temple of Portunus
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Augustus of Primaporta
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Atlar of Augustan Peace
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Imperial Procession
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Initiation Rite of the Cult of Bacchus
Roman Imperial
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Arch of Titus
Roman Imperial
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Spoils from the Temple of Solomon
Roman Imperial
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Flavian Amphitheater
Roman Imperial
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Basilica Ulpia
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Panthon Occulus
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
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The Tetrarchs
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Arch of Constantine
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Constantine the Great
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Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant
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Wall with Torah Niche
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The Crossing of the Red Sea
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Cubiculum
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Painted Catacomb Ceiling
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The Good Shepherd
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Harvesting of Grapes
Early Christian
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Sarcophagus of Constantina
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Hagia Sophia Interior
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Emperor Justinian and His Attendants
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Empress Theodora and Her Attendants
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Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels
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Virgin of Vladimir
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The Kaaba in Mecca
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Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque in Cordoba
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Kibla wall with Mihrab and Minbar
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Round Arch
Pointed Arch
Horshoe Arch
Keel Arch
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Tile Mosaic Mihrab
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| The period of ancient Greek between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire in 30 BC. |
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| King of Macedon, tutored by Aristotle till the age of 16. By the age of 30 he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. |
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| Term describing a work of art in which forms are created primarily to evoke subjective emotions rather than a rational response. |
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| Trojan priest of Poseidon who tried to warn the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks. |
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| The core of any Greek theatre, "the dancing place" of the chorus and the chief performance space. |
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| A raised platform in front of the skene, on which actors perform. |
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| The background building to which the platform stage was connected, in which costumes were stored and to which the background panels were connected. |
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| Pertaining to ancient Etruria, a civilization in central Italy that was suppressed by the Romans by about 200 BC. |
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| A medium made from clay fired over a low heat and sometimes left unglazed. |
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| A large cemetery or burial area, literally a "city of the dead". |
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| Style in which artists concern themselves with describing he exterior likeness of an object or person, usually by rendering its visible details in a finely executed, meticulous manner. |
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| Material used by the Romans to make concrete used for buildings and underwater construction. |
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| A column attached to a wall. |
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| A bridge that is constructed to convey water to outlying cities, and to take sewage from the cities. |
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| Founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. |
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| Latin for Roman peace and was the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. |
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| The lower part of a wall, differentiated in some way (by a molding or different coloring or paneling) from the upper section. |
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| A large rectangular building. Used as Roman centers for administration, later adapted to Christian church use. |
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| The central space of a basilica. |
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| A large semicircular or polygonal and vaulted niche protruding from the end wall of a building. |
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| Any building constructed in a circular shape, usually producing a large open space crowned by a dome. |
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| A recessed decorative panel that is used to reduce the weight of and to decorate the ceilings or vaults. |
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| A circular opening, usually found as windows or at the apex of a dome. |
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| Battle of the Milvian Bridge 312 AD |
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| Battle that took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on Oct 8, 312, with Constantine I as victor and led to hime becoming sole ruler of the Roman Empire. He attributed his victory to the Christian God. |
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| One of the earliest forms of chistogram. Formed by superimposing the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ". Used by Constantine I as the military standard that displayed the symbol. |
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| A proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. |
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| Term used for fragments of older architecture or sculpture reused in a secondary context. |
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| The doctrine or belief that there is only one God. |
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| The first five books of the Hebrew bible encompasing the entire body of Jewish religious literature, law, and teaching. |
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| A Jewish lamp-stand with seven or nine branches. |
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| A sacred chest where ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments. |
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| A building or congregation for Jewish religious services and religious instruction. |
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| A subterranean burial ground consisting of tunnels on different levels, having niches for urns or sarcophagi. |
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| A recess in an ancient catacomb or tomb, where a body or cinerary urn was placed. |
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| A process whereby artists assimilate images and ideas from other traditions or cultures and give them new meanings. |
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| In the New Testament, a title given to Jesus Christ. |
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| The representation of a standing figure praying with outstretched and upraised arms. |
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| The beginning and the end. In the Greek alphabet they are the first and last letters. |
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| Any structure designed with a rectangular shape. |
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| Any structure designed with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side. |
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| The passage around the apse in a basilican church or around the central space in a central-plan building. |
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| A plump, naked little boy, often winged; used in secular, non-religious pieces. |
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| A constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room. |
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| An image representing a sacred figure. |
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| The banning or destruction of images, especially icons and religious art. |
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| From the Greek for lovers of images. |
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| The partition screen in a Byzantine or Orthodox Church between the sanctuary and the body of the church and displays icons. |
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| A painting medium using pigments mixed with hot wax. |
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| A title of the Virfin Mary as the Mother of the incarnate Son of God. |
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| The sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras; revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics. |
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| The migration or journey of the prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina between June 21 and July 2 in 622 AD. |
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| The obligatory pilgrimage to Mecca, the fifth of the Pillars of Islam. |
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| A cube-shaped building in the Great Mosque of Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine, the direction of prayer, containing the Black Stone believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham. |
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| A symbolic representation ospposing the use of icons or visual depictions of living creatures or religious figures. |
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| Handwriting and lettering as a fine art form. |
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| An edifice used for communal Islamic worship. |
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| A tower on or near a mosque, from which the faithful are called to prayer five times a day. |
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| The direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during Salah. |
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| In a mosque, a niche or decorative panel that designates the direction of Mecca. |
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| A position of stone of contrasting colors. |
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| Interlocking jigsaw-shaped stone blocks used to build an arch. |
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| Small components stacked as units in arches and domes. |
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| A type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands. |
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| Ceramic pottery decorated with metallic glazes. |
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