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A slab forming the top of the capital of a column
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Abacus
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Works of art that may have form, but have little or no attempt at pictorial representation
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Abstract
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A style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities
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Academic art
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An institution whose main object is to train artists in an academic tradition, ennoble profession, and hold exhibitions
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Academy
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A paint containing acrylic resin
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Acrylic
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An abstract painting in which the artist drips or splatters paint onto a surface like a canvas in order to create his or her work.
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Action painting
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Landscapes that give the illusion of distance
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Aerial perspective (atmospheric)
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Sense of beauty
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Aesthetic
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A work of art that possesses a symbolic meaning in addition to a literal interpretation
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Allegory
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A painted or sculpted panel set atop an altar of a church
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Altarpiece
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Piers alternate with pairs of columns. the alternating piers and columns divide the nave into vertical units
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Alternate support system
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A passageway around the apse or altar of a church
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Ambulatory
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Having a prostyle, or set of columns, at each end but none along the sides
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Amphiprostyle (temple)
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A two handled greek storage jar
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Amphora
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Reducing of natural forms to their basic geometrical parts
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Analytic cubism
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