Classical Roman Architecture Terms

The portion of a church flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers.

A Roman building type resembling two Greek theaters put together, featuring a continuous elliptical cavea around a central arena.

<p>A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a Christian church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A curved structural member that spans an opening, composed of wedge-shaped blocks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The central area where bloody gladiatorial combats and other boisterous events took place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The court of a Roman house that is partly open to the sky, or the open, colonnaded court in front of a Christian basilica.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A public building for assemblies in Roman architecture, usually rectangular with an entrance on a long side.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A building material invented by the Romans consisting of lime mortar, volcanic sand, water, and small stones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The circular wall that supports a dome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The arrangement of the windows of a building.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The public square of an ancient Roman city.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The edge formed by the intersection of two vaults.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The part of a church between the chief entrance and the choir, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The round central opening or 'eye' of a dome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Purple marble.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A temple with a series of engaged columns around the cella, creating the appearance of a peripteral colonnade.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Greek term for perspective, literally 'scene painting'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The roughly triangular space enclosed by the curves of adjacent arches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ceiling with sunken panels in the shape of squares or rectangles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A column attached to a background wall and not completely cylindrical.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A concave recess in the wall used to house statuary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A continuous horizontal band decorating the face of a wall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decorative architectural frame around a door, window, or niche.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A decorative structural feature that resembles a flattened column.</p> Signup and view all the answers