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calligraphy: the art of fine handwriting
capital: the topmost feature of a column
capitalis monumentalis: Roman capital square
letters used primarily in inscriptions
Carrara marble: a snow-white marble from the
Carrara district of Tuscany; the favored medium of
Michelangelo, also known to the Romans as Luna
cast iron: iron shaped by pouring into molds and
used to a rapidly increasing extent in buildings and
structures from the late eighteenth century until
superseded by steel in the mid-nineteenth century
catwalk: a narrow, elevated walkway found on
either the sides of a bridge or above a theater stage
chevron: a zigzag molding first used in ...