Understanding Terminology That Describes Architecture

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What is the name for the specific type of high tower found on a mosque, particularly a mosque from the Middle Ages?

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What is the name for the specific type of high tower found on a mosque, particularly a mosque from the Middle Ages?

3

The three orders of classical Greek architecture that are still found in architecture today are ________________.

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The three orders of classical Greek architecture that are still found in architecture today are ________________.

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In an arch, the central piece of masonry that allows all the pressure to be placed throughout the arch is called __________.

6

Flying buttresses were a common feature of church architecture in which style?

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A statue of a small grotesque figure that adorns a gothic building is called __________.

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Flying buttresses were a common feature of church architecture in which style?

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A statue of a small grotesque figure that adorns a gothic building is called __________.

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In an arch, the central piece of masonry that allows all the pressure to be placed throughout the arch is called __________.

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