The part of a building above the columns and below the roof. it has 3 parts: architrave, frieze, and pediment
What is entablature
100
A more ornate form than Doric or Ionic, characterized by a bell-shaped capital consisting of a double row of acanthus leaves from which tendrils and flowers grow
What is Corinthian
100
An area that was marked out for religious purposes, a sacred place
What is Templum
100
a reasonable and logical way of doing things or thinking about problems that is based on dealing with specific situations instead of ideas and theories
What is pragmatism
100
A half round column attached to a wall
What is Engaged Columns
200
the lintel or lowest division of the entablature; also called the epistyle
What is Architrave
200
The realistic depiction in art of contemporary life; the world of concrete experience became more real than the world of thought and ideals, thus redefining the Greek's cultural values and understanding of humanity.
What is Social Realism
200
The standard Etruscan column. It resembles ancient Greek Doric columns but is made of wood, is fluted, and has a base.
What is Tuscan columns
200
a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.
What is eclecticism
200
A vaulted roof having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally half of a round object shape.
What is Hemispherical Dome
300
The projecting, crowning member of the entablature framing the pediment
What is Cornice
300
Belief that pleasure is the chief goal in life
What is Hedonism
300
a cornice that follows the slope of the pediment
What is Raking Cornice
300
artistic use of contemporary everyday material in preference to the heroic or legendary
What is Verism
300
The circular area under a dome.
What is Rotunda
400
Characterized by, among other features, capitals with funnel-shaped echinuses, columns without bases, and a frieze of triglyphs and metopes
What is Doric
400
A raised platform supporting a classical temple, a stereobate
What is Podium
400
Hard-baked clay, used for building sculptures and as a building material. It may be glazed or painted.
What is Terracotta
400
an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome
What is Aeneid
400
One of the stacked cylindrical stones that form the shaft of a column
What is Drum
500
Characterized by, among other features, volutes (spiral, scroll-like forms), capitals, columns with bases, and an uninterrupted frieze
What is Ionic
500
A small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice
What is Dentil Range
500
Latin for "burial mound." in Etruscan architecture they cover one or more subterranean multi-chambered tombs cut out of the local limestone
What is Tumulus
500
The most ornate of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate bell-shaped capital decorated with acanthus leaves.