Architecture Vocabulary

A test on the vocabulary used for architectural features.

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What is the decorative element at the top of a pediment called?
Accroterion
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What makes up the entabulature? (in order, lowest to highest)
Architrave, frieze, cornice
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What is a blind arcade?
A row of filled in arches
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What do you call the decorative feature around mullions (the stained glass part in church windows)?
Tracery
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What is a crepidoma?
The steps leading to a Greek temple
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What dome is round with flat sides.
A domical vault
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What is another name for a rounded arch.
Romanesque
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What shape is a Tudor arch?
Elliptical with a point in the middle
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What is a flying buttress?
A buttress with a rampant arch that supports the masonry
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What is a peristyle?
the alleyway around a temple
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Card 2

Front

What makes up the entabulature? (in order, lowest to highest)

Back

Architrave, frieze, cornice

Card 3

Front

What is a blind arcade?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

What do you call the decorative feature around mullions (the stained glass part in church windows)?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What is a crepidoma?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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