Attic
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| [[Image:A painting of the English romantic poet Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[The Death of Chatterton]]'' (1856) by [[Henry Wallis]]]] | [[Image:A painting of the English romantic poet Thomas Chatterton, believed to have killed himself with arsenic in 1770.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[The Death of Chatterton]]'' (1856) by [[Henry Wallis]]]] | ||
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| - | An '''attic''' or '''loft''' is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building (also called ''[[garret]]'' or ''sky parlor''). As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed [[rafter]]s and difficult-to-reach corners. | + | An '''attic''' or '''loft''' is a [[space]] found directly below the pitched [[roof]] of a [[house]] or other [[building]] (also called ''[[garret]]'' or ''sky parlor''). As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed [[rafter]]s and difficult-to-reach corners. |
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| *[[Attic Red-figure Vase-painters]] | *[[Attic Red-figure Vase-painters]] | ||
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An attic or loft is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building (also called garret or sky parlor). As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-reach corners.
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