Architecture Terms – I

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Murals inside an Eastern Christian church
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Iconostasis

A wall full of Eastern Christian icons and religious paintings used to separate two sections, the nave and the sanctuary in a church.

One large igloo next to another small one during a sunset
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Igloos

Snow houses that are used by the Inuit (Eskimos) of northern Canada. The igloo, also known as iglu, is built from snow with a dome shape and also has large blocks of ice set in a spiral pattern.

Engraved arrows into a piece of wood.
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Incised

A pattern that is made by cutting or etching into a material to create a design/pattern.

The top of a column with ionic designed top.
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Ionic Order

The ionic order refers to three essential and basic styles of a Greek column. They are the Corinthian (capped with acanthus leaves), the Ionian (capped with stylized ram horns), and a plain Doric.