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Fortress
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Forum |
A Roman public square surrounded by monumental
buildings, usually including a basilica and a temple; the center
of civic life.
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French Embossing |
A method of etching lass with acid to produce
lettering or ornamentation. As man as four strengths of hydrofluoric
acid - or acid plus a buffering alkali - may be employed to produce
an equal number of different surface textures.
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Fresco, Buon Fresco |
A mural painted into fresh lime plaster in such
work water based colors unite with the base.
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Fresco Secco |
A mural often fugitive painted with based colors
on dry plaster
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Fretwork |
Ornamental openwork or interlaced work in relief
with elaborate cuttings designed to showcase the skill of the
fabricator.
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Frieze |
The middle horizontal member of a classical entablature,
above the architrave and below the cornice. A similar decorative
band in a stringcourse, or near the top of an interior wall below
the cornice.
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Frontal |
The textile or panels which form the decorative
front of an altar.
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Frontispiece |
The decorated frontal wall or bay of a church.
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Gable |
The vertical triangular portion of the end of
a building have a double sloping roof from the level of the cornice
or eaves to the ridge of the roof.
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Gable Tower |
A tower finished with a gable on two sides or
on all sides rather than terminating in a spire.
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Galilee |
A narthex for worship at the west end of a church.
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Gallery |
A long covered area acting as a corridor inside
or on the exterior of a building or between buildings. An elevated
section of the seating area of House of Worship.
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Gargoyle |
A waterspout projecting from the roof gutter
of an ornamental building - typically feature gothic design often
carved grotesquely.
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Geometric Style |
The early development of the Decorated style
of English Gothic architecture in the first half of the 14th century
characterized by the geometrical forms of its window tracery.
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Geometric Tracery |
Gothic openwork in the form of simple geometrical
patterns, principally circles and multifoils.
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Georgian Architecture |
The prevailing style of the 18th century in Great
Britain and the North American colonies named after Kings George
I,II, and II (1714-1820) but commonly not including GeorgeIV.
Derived from classical Renaissance and Baroque forms.
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Gesso |
A mixture of glue, gypsum plaster and whiting
often applied as a base coat in decorative painting.
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Gilding |
Gold leaf, gold flakes, or other extremely thin
decorative metal finished applied to interior or exterior surfaces.
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Glory |
The luminous halo encircling the head of a sacred
person and the radiance or luminous emanation encompassing the
whole.
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