Capitol. 1793-1800 Washington DC. Arch.: Thornton.

Carpion. Greek. An architect of Parthenon.

Caryatid. Draped female figure used as arch. column. Esp. Erechtheum, Athens c420BC.

Cerceau, Jacques Androuet du. c1520-85. Optical Views 1551, treatise on architectural perspective.

Cerularius, Michael. c1000-59. Patriarch of Constantinople 1043-58. East-West Schism.

Chalgrin, J-F. Architect of Arc de Triomphe 1806; Odéon.

Chambers, William. 1726-96. English Palladian architect. Somerset House 1776-86.

Charles II. 1630-85. King of Great Britain and Ireland. Restored monarchy, 1660.

Charter. 1814-1830. French Constitution: Constitutional Monarchy, civil liberties, religious toleration.

Chicago School. 19C. US architectural style. Skyscrapers. Wright.

Chu Teh. 1886-1976. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Army. Long March.

Churrigueresque. Very ornate Spanish architectural style. Baroque. Plateresque.

Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.

Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.

Classicism. Art and architecture in imitation of Greek and Roman styles. Neoclassical.

Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.

Connecticut Wits. 18C US satiric collaborative poets. Anarchiad 1786-87.

Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.

Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.

Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.

Cotte, Robert de. 1656-1735. Architect. Chancel of Notre-Dame, Esplanade, Versailles.

Cranmer, Thomas. 1489-1556. First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. Executed by Queen Mary.

Cyril, St. c444. Patriarch of Alexandria. Deported Nestor. Lynched Hypatia. Launched pogroms against Jews. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon.

Dada. Anarchistic, deliberately shocking “non-art” begun in Zurich, 1916. Led to Surrealism. Arp. Duchamp. Ernst.

Dance, George. (The Younger). 1741-1825. English Neoclassical architect College of Surgeons 1813. Founder, Royal Academy.

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