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Ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Art; AP Art History

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Athenian Agora, Artist/Culture

back 1

Greek

front 2

Anavysos Kouros, Artist/Culture

back 2

Greek

front 3

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis, Artist/Culture

back 3

Greek

front 4

Niobides Krater, Artist/Culture

back 4

Niobid Painter (Greek)

front 5

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Artist/Culture

back 5

Polykleitos (Greek)

front 6

Acropolis, Artist/Culture

back 6

Iktinos and Kallikrates (Greek)

front 7

Grave Stele of Hegeso, Artist/Culture

back 7

Kallimachos (Greek)

front 8

Winged Victory of Samothrace, Artist/Culture

back 8

Greek

front 9

Great Alter of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon, Artist/Culture

back 9

Greek

front 10

Seated Boxer, Artist/Culture

back 10

Greek

front 11

back 11

Athenian Agora

front 12

back 12

Anavysos Kouros

front 13

back 13

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

front 14

back 14

Niobides Krater

front 15

image is of a rendition of the bronze original, not the Roman marble copy

back 15

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

front 16

back 16

Acropolis

front 17

back 17

Parthenon

front 18

back 18

Helios, Horses, and Dionysus

front 19

back 19

Plaque of the Ergastines

front 20

back 20

Temple of Athena Nike

front 21

back 21

Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal

front 22

back 22

Grave Stele of Hegeso

front 23

back 23

Winged Victory of Samothrace

front 24

back 24

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

front 25

back 25

Athena Frieze

front 26

back 26

Seated Boxer

front 27

Athenian Agore, Style

back 27

Archaic through Hellenistic

front 28

Anavysos Kouros, Style

back 28

Archaic

front 29

Peplos Kore, Style

back 29

Archaic

front 30

Niobides Krater, Style

back 30

Classical

front 31

Doryphoros, Style

back 31

Classical

front 32

Acropolis, Style

back 32

Classical

front 33

Grave Stele of Hegeso, Style

back 33

Classical

front 34

Winged Victory of Samothrace, Style

back 34

Hellenistic

front 35

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon, Style

back 35

Hellenistic

front 36

Seated Boxer, Style

back 36

Hellenistic

front 37

Athenian Agora, Medium

back 37

Plan

front 38

Anavysos Kouros, Medium

back 38

Marble and Paint

front 39

Peplos Kore, Medium

back 39

Marble and Paint

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Niobides Krater, Medium

back 40

Clay, red-figure technique with white highlights

front 41

Doryphoros, Medium

back 41

Roman Marble Copy of Greek Bronze Original

front 42

Acropolis, Medium

back 42

Marble

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Grave Stele of Hegeso, Medium

back 43

Marble and paint

front 44

Winged Victory of Samothrace, Medium

back 44

Marble

front 45

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon, Medium

back 45

Marble

front 46

Seated Boxer, Medium

back 46

Bronze

front 47

Athenian Agora, Location

back 47

Athens, Greece

front 48

Peplos Kore, Location

back 48

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

front 49

Acropolis, Location

back 49

Athens, Greece

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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena, Location

back 50

Pergamon, Turkey

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Acropolis

back 51

Greek, "high city," means a rugged, raised rock; site of the city's most important temple(s)

front 52

Acroterion

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acroteria (pl); sculpture in the round placed on a roof

front 53

Agora

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an open square or space used for public meetings or business in Ancient Greece

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Amphiprostyle

back 54

having four columns both in the front and rear of a temple

front 55

Black-figure

back 55

silhouetting of dark figures against a light background of natural, reddish clay, with linear details incised through the silhouettes

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Cella

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the main shrine room of a temple where a cult statue is housed

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Contraposto

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a graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees

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encaustic

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paint made of pigment mixed with wax

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entablature

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lintel above the columns; contains the architrave and the frieze

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entasis

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slight bulging or curve in the shaft of a column to correct the visual illusion of concavity

front 61

fluted shaft

back 61

shallow vertical grooves running along the long, narrow cylinder that comprises the majority of the column

front 62

frieze

back 62

a broad horizontal band of decoration and/or sculpture on architecture

front 63

gigantomachy

back 63

battle between gods and giants in Greek mythology

front 64

Isocephalism

back 64

tradition of depicting heads of figures on the same level; implies a single ground line

front 65

kiln

back 65

an oven used for making pottery

front 66

kouros (m) / kore (f)

back 66

an archaic Greek sculpture of an idealized standing youth

front 67

krater

back 67

a large Ancient Greek bowl used for mixing water and wine

front 68

lost-wax casting

back 68

a sculpture that is carved out of clay and dipped in wax; the sculpture is put into a clay casting and heated so that the wax will drip out of a hole at the bottom; as a result, space is left between the clay casting and the clay interior; molten metal is then poured into this space; after cooling, the case is cracked so that the now-metal sculpture can be released

front 69

metopes

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space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze; often decorated with low relief carving

front 70

order

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a style represented by a characteristic design of the columns and entablature

front 71

panathenaic way

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a ceremonial road for a procession built to honor Athena

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parapet

back 72

low protective wall or barrier

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parthenos

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virgin; often used to refer to Athena as Athena Parthenosq

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pediment

back 74

the triangular top of a classical building; typically on top of an entablature and a portico

front 75

peplos

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a garment worn by women in Ancient Greece, usually full length and tied at the waist

front 76

peristyle

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colonnade around the perimeter of the building

front 77

red-figure

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in later Greek pottery, the silhouetting of red figures against a black background, with painted linear details; the reverse of black-figure painting

front 78

stoa

back 78

covered walkway attached to a building; used as a framing device for the structure

front 79

stylobate

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the floor of a temple

front 80

triglyph

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part of a Doric entablature frieze; has three vertical grooves

front 81

wet drapery

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deeply incised drapery that is clingy and tight so that it reveals the shape of the body

front 82

back 82

House of the Vettii

front 83

back 83

Alexander Mosaic

front 84

back 84

Head of a Roman Patrician

front 85

back 85

Augustus of Prima Porta

front 86

back 86

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

front 87

back 87

Forum of Trajan

front 88

back 88

Trajan Markets

front 89

back 89

Basilica Ulpia

front 90

back 90

Column of Trajan

front 91

back 91

Pantheon

front 92

back 92

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

front 93

House of the Vettii, Artist/Culture

back 93

Roman

front 94

Alexander Mosaic, Artist/Culture

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Roman

front 95

Head of a Roman Patrician, Artist/Culture

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Roman

front 96

Augustus of Prima Porta, Artist/Culture

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Roman

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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Artist/Culture

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Roman

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Forum of Trajan, Artist/Culture

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Apollodorus of Damascus

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Pantheon, Artist/Culture

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Roman

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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, Artist/Culture

back 100

Roman

front 101

House of the Vettii, Style

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Early Empire

front 102

Alexander Mosaic, Style

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Republic

front 103

Head of a Roman Patrician, Style

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Republic

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Augustus of Prima Porta, Style

back 104

Early Empire

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Forum of Trajan, Style

back 105

High Empire

front 106

Pantheon, Style

back 106

High Empire

front 107

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, Style

back 107

Late Empire

front 108

House of the Vettii, Medium

back 108

Cut stone and fresco

front 109

Alexander Mosaic, Medium

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Mosaic

front 110

Head of a Roman Patrician, Medium

back 110

Marble

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Colosseum, Medium

back 111

Stone and Concrete

front 112

Forum of Trajan, Medium

back 112

Brick and Concrete (architecture); marble (columns)

front 113

Pantheon, Medium

back 113

concrete with stone facing

front 114

Ludovisi Battle Sarchophagus, Medium

back 114

Marble

front 115

House of the Vettii, Location

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Pompeii, Italy

front 116

Alexander Mosaic, Location

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House of Faun, Pompeii

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Colosseum, Location

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Rome, Italy

front 118

Forum of Trajan, Location

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Rome, Italy

front 119

Pantheon, Location

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Rome, Italy

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apse

back 120

the semicircular rounded end of a basilica OR the endpoint of a church where the altar is located

front 121

arcade

back 121

an open-air courtyard in a Roman house or forum

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Basilica

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in Roman and Christian architecture, an axially planned building with a long nave, side aisles, and apses (in Christian architecture, this is where the altar is placed)

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bust

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a sculpture depicting a head, neck, and upper chest of a figure

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clerestory

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the top of a church nave that is windowed and lets in light

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coffer

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in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling to lighten the weight of the ceiling

front 126

cubicula

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small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels OR a roman bedroom flanking an atrium

front 127

cupola/dome

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a rounded, circular roof; achieved by rotating an arch on its axis 180 degrees

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engaged column

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a column that is still attached to a wall

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foreshortening

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a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receding in space

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forum

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a public square with market place in a Roman city

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fresco

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a painting technique that involves applying paint onto a freshly plastered wall; the paint forms a bond with the plaster and becomes durable and long-lasting

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impluvium

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a rectangular basin in a Roman house that is placed in the open-air atrium in order to collect rain water

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keystone

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the center stone of an arch that holds the others in place

front 134

mosaic

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a decoration using pieces of stone, marble, or colored glass, called tesserae, that are cemented to a wall or floor

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nave

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the main aisle of a church

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oculus

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a round opening at the top of a dome

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peristyle

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an atrium surrounded by columns in a Roman house

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perspective

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depth and recession in a painting

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linear perspective

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a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface

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orthogonals

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straight lines emanating from the vanishing point

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horizon line

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the physical line at which sky meets land; this will be wherever the vanishing point is

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vanishing point

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a point in the picture plane that is the intersection of orthogonals

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atmospheric/aerial perspective

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the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance (contrast decreases; colors become less saturated)

front 144

portrait bust

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a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast

front 145

taberna

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single-room shops covered by a wide doorway

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tesserae

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small pieces of colored stone or marble; used to create a mosaic

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vault

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a ceiling constructed with arches

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barrel vault

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an arch extended into space horizontally that is curved at the top

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groin vault

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two intersecting barrel vaults

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veristic

back 150

sculptures from the Roman Republic characterized by extreme realism (and even exaggeration) of facial features

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back 151

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

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back 152

Temple of Minerva

front 153

back 153

Tomb of the Triclinium

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back 154

Sculpture of Apollo

front 155

Sarcophagus of the Spouses, Artist/Culture

back 155

Etruscan

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Temple of Minerva and Sculpture of Apollo, Artist/Culture

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Master Sculptor Vulca

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Tomb of the Triclinium, Artist/Culture

back 157

Etruscan

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Sarcophagus of the Spouses, Medium

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Terra Cotta

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Temple of Minerva and Sculpture of Apollo, Medium

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original temple of wood, mud brick, and tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture

front 160

Tomb of the Triclinium, Medium

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tufa and fresco

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Temple of Minerva and Sculpture of Apollo, Location

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Veli, Italy

front 162

Tomb of the Triclinium, Location

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Tarquinia, Italy

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acroterion

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sculptures in the round placed on the roof

front 164

necropolis

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literally a "city of the dead," large burial area

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fresco

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a painting technique that involves applying paint onto a freshly plastered wall; the paint forms a bond with the plaster and becomes durable and long-lasting

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tufa

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a type of limestone

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tumulus

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burial mounds in Etruscan architecture, tumuli covered one or more subterranean multi-chambered tombs cut out of the local tufa

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triclinium

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a dining table in ancient Italy that has a couch on three sides for reclining at meals

front 169

tuscan

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an order of ancient architecture featuring slender, smooth wooden columns that sit on simple bases; no carvings on frieze or capitals