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Art Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cella | principle interior room in Greek or Roman Temples A statue was often placed here |
| Peristyle Plan | A surrounding colonade in Greek Architecture. |
| Colonnade | A row of Columbs, supporting a straight lintel or a series of arches |
| Apse | A large semicircle or polygonal niche protuding from the end wall of a building. |
| Ionic order | Slender and more elaborate |
| Doric Order | oldest columb; plain |
| Volute | spiral scroll |
| Frieze | the middle element of an entabliture between the architrave and the cornice; usually decorated. |
| Orchestra | Circular performance area |
| Aisle | Passage or open corridor of a church, hall, or other building that parrallels the main space, usually on both sides, and is delineated by a row of columbs |
| Columb | An architecural element used for support or decoration |
| Corinthian Order | Elaborate and leath-like |
| Entabliture | horizontal elements obove columbs and capitols of Classical Orders |
| Architrave | The Bottom element of an entablature beneath the frieze and the cornice |
| Cornice | Uppermost section of an entabliture; a horizontaly projecting element on top of a building or pedistal |
| Reliquaries | Shrines containing Holy Relics |
| millefiori | |
| Scriptorium | |
| Vellum | |
| Parchment | |
| Colophon | The end of a manuscript |
| Stave Churches | named for four huge wooden peirs(staves) that hold them up |
| Clerestory | |
| Tribune | |
| Westwork | Monumental entrance block that forms an imposing facade |
| Ambulatory | Curving aisle or passageway |
| Gallery | Continuous upper-story platform overlooking main space |
| Cabochons | polished, not faceted stones |
| Mozarabic | |
| Elevation | nave arcade, gallery, and clerestory |
| Romanesque | means "roman-like" |
| Buttresses | Thick masses of masonry |
| crossing | where the nave and transept intersept |
| Barrel Vaults | |
| Grain Vaults | |
| Hal-barrel vaults | |
| Coumpound Piers | all for sides of the Piers |
| cruciform | |
| chevrons | zigzagging V's |
| tympanum | arched half-circle |
| jambs | side posts |
| trameau | central portal pier |
| historiated capitals | the creation of lively narrative scenes with the geometirc confines of capitols |
| Archivolts | the moldings or blocks that follow the contour of the arch |
| mandorla | |
| Tapestry | the colorful threads that form patterns of pictures are woven in during the proccess of making the fabric |
| Embroidery | consists of stitches applied on top of an already woven fabric ground |
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