Art History Architecture Key Terms

Exterior face of a building.

A structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.

A horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.

<p>A plain, unornamented component on the entablature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Projecting molding on a building (usually above columns or pillars) on the entablature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rectangular tooth-like elements forming a decorative horizontal band in a cornice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Central horizontal component of the entablature, often highly decorated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The space enclosed by a pediment, similar to a porch, often highly decorated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A vertical structure usually consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital, used as a support or standing alone as a monument.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An inward groove on a column shaft.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The splayed and decorated uppermost part of a column.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The long, narrower section of the column.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The topmost step of the platform on which the columns stand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In Greek architecture, the stepped base on which a temple stands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A grooved rectangular block in a frieze characterized by its three vertical bars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The often decorated space between the triglyphs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The three-stepped foundation level on which the temple, or temple front, is erected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A triangular gable end; a key element of a Classical temple front.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A scale drawing showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, and other physical features at one level of a structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The enclosed inner sacred area of a Classical temple.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A row of columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arcade.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The simplest of the classical Greek architectural styles, featuring unadorned columns with no base.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Characterized by volutes (spiral, scroll-like form), capitals, columns with bases, uninterrupted frieze, base.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most ornate of the orders; contains a base, a fluted column shaft, and the capital is elaborate and decorated with leaf carvings (acanthus leaves).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eight columns in front or rear of a Greek temple.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A window frame enclosing a solid wall instead of glass used to maintain the rhythm of fenestration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of construction with vertical posts and horizontal beams (post and lintel).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of arches instead of post and lintel construction, found in Roman architecture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Round arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The upper (usually convex) surface of an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lower (usually concave) surface or soffit of an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A wedge-shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first voussoir resting on the impost of an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A wedge-shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Base/foundation of an arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arch resting on imposts treated as downward continuations of the archivolt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A pointed arch, especially one having two centers and equal radii.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Another name for horseshoe arch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A four-centered arch having an inner pair of curves with a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arch having a cusped intrados with three round or pointed foils.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arch made up of two double-curving lines meeting at a point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Simple or complex; curvilinear or rectilinear.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Central emphasis; apex.</p> Signup and view all the answers