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Rediscovered Renaissance Ruins and Styles
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  • 1. Term for a type of facade stonework in Renaissance architecture
  • 2. Architecture style inspired by Andrea Palladio’s classical designs
  • 5. Decorative oval or oblong frame often featuring inscriptions or emblems
  • 6. Structure placed atop a dome to admit light and air
  • 7. Spiral scroll motif found on Ionic capitals
  • 9. Main beam resting on columns, often richly decorated
  • 10. Artistic style noted for elongated figures and unusual proportions
  • 15. Horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration near the ceiling
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  • 3. Base platform supporting a column or statue
  • 4. Wall painting technique using pigments on wet plaster
  • 8. A covered exterior gallery or corridor often open on one or more sides
  • 11. Rough textured stonework often used to give a fortress-like appearance
  • 12. Sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support
  • 13. Delicate stonework pattern in windows, typical of late Gothic but influential in Renaissance
  • 14. Small column supporting a railing, common in balconies and staircases
  • 16. Decorative molding that crowns a building or wall
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