ARTHIST 1AA3 Final: ART HIST KEY TERMS

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Gable: the part of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. Mausoleum: a monumental building used as a tomb. Pietra dura: means hard stone, the use of hard stone set into marble. Iwan: a vaulted wall with an arched opening. Minaret: a tower that is near or part of a mosque, used to call people to prayer. Arcade: a row of arches, curved structures that span space. Arch: a curved part of a structure that is over an opening and supports a wall or other weight above the opening. Iconographic program: lays out a set of ideas through the iconography. Volute: a spiral, scroll like ornament that forms at the basis of an ionic order, found in the capital of the. Acanthus: an ornament may be carved into stone or wood to resemble leaves from the mediterranean species of acanthus which have deeply cut leaves.