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Acanthus (ancient Greek.) - Ancient Greek city located on the Athos peninsula. 
Aqueduct (from the Latin aqua -. Water and duco - am) - conduit (channel, pipe) for supplying 
water to settlements, irrigation and hydropower systems from their upstream sources. 
Acropolis (ancient Greek -. Upper Town) - elevated and fortified part of the ancient Greek city, 
the so-called upper town. Acropolis - the place of the original settlement, around which grew less 
protected, the so-called lower town. He was a fortress and served as a refuge for people in time of 
war . 
Allegory (from the ancient Greek .-. Allegory) - an artistic representation of ideas (concepts) 
through a specific artistic obrazaili dialogue. 
As an allegory of trails used in the verses, parables, morality. It originated on the basis of 
mythology, it is reflected in folklore and got its development in the visual arts. The main way is to 
generalize the image allegory of human concepts; presentation revealed in images and behavior of 
animals, plants, mythological and fairy-tale characters, inanimate objects that get figurative 
meaning. 
Al-fresko - (from Italian fresco -. Fresh) affresko (Italian affresco.) - Painting on wet plaster, one 
of the techniques of wall paintings, the opposite of "a secco" (painting on dry). After drying, 
contained in shtukaturkeizvest forms a thin transparent film of calcium, to make a mural durable. 
Running artist freskistom. 
Amphitheatre (from the Greek -. «Around", "theater", borrowed by German or French 
amphithéâtre .) - The ancient building for a variety of mass entertainment (gladiator fights, animal 
baiting, etc...), Which is a round theater without a roof. Around the round or oval 
arenystupeneobrazno towering rows of seats. All the building is surrounded by high walls (Roman 
amphitheater) or deepened into the ground (Greek amphitheater) . The most famous is the 
amphitheater Colosseum in Rome, built in 80, and up to 50 thousand spectators. 
Amphora (ancient Greek -. «Vessel with two handles") - antique ceramic vessel elongated or 
egg-shaped with two vertical handles on the neck or shoulders. Amphora ostrodonnye frequently, 
often with little or round-leg. Flat-bottomed rare. There were prevalence of the Greeks, Romans, 
Etruscans. In addition to ceramic, known and amphorae, bronze, silver, marble, glass. Traditional 
clay amphorae were mass products used mainly for transport and storage of olive oil or wine. 
Secondarily used for burials, and as the voting urns. 
Animalism (from Latin animal -. Animal) - zhanrizobrazitelnogo art , the main object of which 
are animals, mainly in painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, and more rarely in the decorative 
arts. Animal combines.The ensemble (French ensemble -. Totality, harmonious whole) - the 
consistency, unity of parts, forming something together. For example, a set of clothes from several 
subjects; several buildings, designed in a similar style.