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Ambo |
(in an early Christian church) an oblong pulpit with steps at each end.
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Apse |
a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and typically at the church's eastern end.
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Atrium |
an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.
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Baroque |
A term generally applied to a style or design during the late Renaissance period, often characterised by over-elaboration of scrolls, curves and carved ornament. |
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Basilica |
a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a law court or for public assemblies.a building similar to a Roman basilica, used as a Christian church.the name given to certain churches granted special privileges by the Pope.
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Bema |
the altar part or sanctuary in ancient and Orthodox churches.the podium or platform in a synagogue from which the Torah and Prophets are read.
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Buttress |
A mass of masonry built against a wall to resit the pressure of an arch or vault. A flying buttress is an arch abutting a wall and reaching out to the ground to take the thrust of the vaulting. |
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Byzantine Architecture |
Byzantine architecture is the architecture of theByzantine Empire, also known as the Later Roman or Eastern Roman Empire.
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Capital |
In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface.
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Chapel |
a small building or room used for Christian worship in a school, prison, hospital, or large private house.
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Choir |
an organised group of singers, especially one that takes part in church services or performs in public.
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Clerestory Windows |
each of a series of windows in a clerestory. A window with no crosspiece dividing the light.
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Column |
an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument. |
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Colonnade |
a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches.
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Cupola |
a rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling.
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Fan Vault |
A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly associated with England.
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Gothic |
The name generally given to the period style of medieval architecture prevalent erected as seperate buildings. |
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Groin |
a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.
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Fresco |
the term originally applied to painting on a wall while the plaster is wet, but often used for any wall painting not in oil colours. |
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Lancet Windows |
a slender pointed arched window
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Loggia |
a gallery behind an open arcade or colonnade, forming a shelter. |
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Mosaic |
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, etc
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Narthex |
a long arched porch forming an entrance into a Christian basilican church originally the place where penitents gathered because they could not join the community gathered around the alter during their time in penance. |
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Nave |
the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars
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Portico |
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.
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Renaissance |
the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.
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Rib |
a long raised piece of strengthening or supporting material, in particular.
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Rococo |
denoting furniture or architecture characterised by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.
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Romanesque |
relating to a style of architecture which prevailed in Europe c. 900–1200, although sometimes dated back to the end of the Roman Empire (5th century).
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Rose 'Window |
a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose.
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Transept |
(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.
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Vault |
a roof in the form of an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings.
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