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Architecture
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a slab forming the upper part o fa capital | abacus |
the Greek marketplace or meeting place | agora |
a row of arches supported by columns | arcade |
A curved or pointed opening that spans a dorrway, window, or other space | arch |
architectural style of the 1600s and 1700s characterized by the flamboyant use of classical forms | baroque |
a school of arts and architecture founded in Germany by architect Walter Gropius in 1919 | Bahaus |
A protjecting support built into or against the exterior of a masonry wall to give added strength. A flying ----- is freestanding with a half arch trasferring thrust from the wall. | buttress |
a projecting bracket used primarily to carry the weight of a cornice or the protruding eaves of a building | cantilever |
the top part of a column supporting the entablature | capital |
a covered walk surrounding a court, traditionally linking a church to monastery buildings | cloister |
an upright, often decorative pillar consisting of a shart and a crown known as a capital | column |
the top, projecting section of an entablature, supporting a roof | cornice |
the lower edges of a sloping roof, projecting beyond the face of a wall | eaves |
the part of a classical building between the top of a colonnade and the roof, consisting of architrave, frieze, and cornice | entablature |
a decorative band atop an interior wall below the cornice. The middle section of an entablature | frieze |
the triangula upper part of a wall at the end of a roof which has two sloping sides | gable |
a spout projecting from a rain gutter to carry water down and away from a building. | gargoyle |
a strong, light structure constructed on a framework of triangular elements and invented by Buckminster Fuller | geodesic dome |
the dominant architectural style in W. Europe from 1250 to 1550. Chracterized by fine masonry and woodworking, pointed arches, and exterior flying buttresses. | Gothic |
the side of a door or window | jamb |
a high tower, part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Moslems to prayer | minaret |
the principal interior section of a church, extending from teh main entrance down the main aisle to the sanctuary and lfanked by the aisles. | nave |
a double curve that resembles the letter "S", formed by joining a concave and convex line | ogee |
In classical Greco-Roman architecture, a reference to the principal styles of columns with their bases, capitals, and entablatures. 3 Greek and 2 Roman | orders |
The oldest and sturdiest of the orders. The columns are massive, fluted, and simple with a plain capital | Doric |
A fluted column, more slender than Doric, easily distinguished by its scroll-shaped capital | Ionic |
The most slender and ornate of the 3 Greek columns. Known for its decorative capital of delicately carved acanthus leaves | Corinthian |
A circular building, usually domed | rotunda |
a textured exterior plaster finish consisting of cement, lime, sand, and water | Stucco |
Pyramid-shaped, tiered tower used in Mesopotamia to support a temple | ziggurat |