Architecture key terms 0.0 / 5 ? Classical CivilizationArt and ArchitectureA2/A-levelOCR Created by: huang_jessCreated on: 04-01-17 22:41 Local sanctuary A sanctuary maintained by a polis for use by its own citizens 1 of 39 Stereobate The substructure of the temple/ treasure. Was usually two steps 2 of 39 Stylobate Was directly on top of the stereobate and was the level the columns rested on 3 of 39 Pteroma Side passage 4 of 39 peristyle the colonnade/ rows of columns 5 of 39 cella central hall 6 of 39 Naos dwelling, usually refers to where the cult statue of deity resides 7 of 39 pronaos front porch 8 of 39 Opisthodomos back porch 9 of 39 Distyle a porch supported by two columns 10 of 39 Sima gutter 11 of 39 Hexastyle used to refer to temples who's facade have 6 columns 12 of 39 Caryatid columns designed to look like maidens 13 of 39 Adyton additional room usually behind the cella but before the opisthodomos 14 of 39 Pediment triangular gap between the cornice and raking cornice 15 of 39 raking cornice rectangular part that is around the roof around the roof 16 of 39 cornice upper part of entablature below the pediment 17 of 39 architrave the rectangular block on top of the capital, typically plain and undecorated 18 of 39 metope a feature of the Doric order 19 of 39 Triglyph seperate metopes, a series of 3 raised indentations 20 of 39 frieze wide central region of the entablature above the architrave but below the cornice 21 of 39 capital top of the column that connects to the entablature 22 of 39 abacus a flat slab that forms the top of the capital 23 of 39 echinus convex moulding just below the abacus present on Doric columns- NOT IONIC 24 of 39 volute spiral ornament that forms the central part of the capital replacing the echinus of a doric column as ionic ones 25 of 39 necking the flat circular mould that joins the shaft of a column to the capital 26 of 39 entasis a slight convex bulge in the shaft of a column used to correct the optical illusion on concavity that a straight shaft would have 27 of 39 base the little pedestal that ionic columns rest on 28 of 39 columns in antis two columns framed by two other columns (the inner columns in four columns) 29 of 39 akroteria sculptures that decorate the corners of the roofs of temples 30 of 39 antefixes decorative block that terminates the covering tiles of roofs 31 of 39 rosette a stylised floral design 32 of 39 lotus a design featuring lotus flower 33 of 39 palmette floral design that resembles a palm leaf 34 of 39 spiral design features in really arbitrary places like capitals 35 of 39 guilloche a rolling wave design typically just above the capital 36 of 39 stoa a walkway that is covered and looks aesthetically pleasing 37 of 39 anthemion an antefix in the form of a palmette 38 of 39 agalma something that someone can take delight in terms of appearance 39 of 39
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