AP Art History - Ch. 7 Roman Art

Basilica

Meeting hall, public building for assemblies (especially tribunals).

Cross barrel (groin) vault

2 intersecting barrel vaults

Insula

A multiple story apartment building.

Coffer

A sunken-in panel (like in Pantheon).

Portico

Porch of a temple between stairs and cella where columns are located.

Aerial perspective

The technique of representing more distant objects as fainter and more blue (father away = blurrier, closer = crisper and sharper).

Forum

Center of political life (civic center).