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- Freestanding sculpture
- A type of sculpture that is surrounded on all sides by space. Also called sculpture round, to be viewed from all sides; freestanding, the opposite of relief.
- Relief sculptures
- a sculpted image or design whose flat background surface is carved away to a certain depth to set off the figure. Called high or low (bas) depending on the extent of projection of the image from the background. ...
- Composition
- is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work
- Twisted perspective
- a combination of both frontal and profile views at the same time. Whichever view was easiest to draw was used. For example in Egyptian art the foot, nose, and legs were done in profile, while the eyes, shoulders and chest were frontal. ...
- Landscape
- an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
- Megalith
- memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in Western Europe)
- Tumulus
- burial mound: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
- Post-and-lintel system
- A basic building principle in which two vertical uprights support a horizontal beam or slab. This form is commonly used to support the weight of the structure located above the openings in a bearing wall created by windows and doors.
- Apse
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- Henge
- A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space
- Trilithon-
- is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel). Commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments. .
- Capital (of a column)
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- Register
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- Amulet
- a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
- Bilateral symmetry
- the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane
- Clerestory
- is an architectural term denoting an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows