Adams: Art across Time, 2e
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R
radiocarbon dating rectilinear
refectory reliquary
repousse rustication

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sahn satyr
scriptorium serapaeum
seriation sfumato
sibyl spolia
squinch stele
stigmata stucco
stupa stylobate

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Taj Mahal tempera
tenebrism terracotta
tessera tesserae
tholos trefoil
tribhanga triforium
triglyph trilithon
triptych trompe l'oeil
trumeau tufa
tumuli tumulus
tympanum  

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ushnisha  

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vanitas vedika
volute voussoir

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wattle and daub  

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ziggurat  



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