alkaline resistant pigments, ground in water, are applied to wet plaster
What is true fresco?
100
a tall ancient Greek or Roman jar with two handles and a narrow neck
What is amphora?
100
A classical order similar to Roman Doric but having columns with an unfluted shaft and a simplified base, capital, and entablature.
What is tuscan column?
100
a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.
What is arch?
100
an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley
What is aqueduct?
200
a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and no use of mortar
What is cyclopean masonry?
200
an ancient Greek cup with a shallow bowl and a tall stem.
What is Kylix?
200
unglazed, typically brownish-red earthenware, used chiefly as an ornamental building material and in modeling.
What is terracotta?
200
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
What is Aeneid?
200
carved out squares going from large to small.
What is coffers?
300
a beehive tomb
What is tholos?
300
a main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
What is architrave?
300
an ancient burial mound; a barrow.
What is tumulus?
300
a round or eyelike opening or design, in particular
What is oculus?
300
a space (usually triangular) above a lintel in megalithic architecture to relieve the weight of the masonry
What is relieving triangle?
400
An avenue or entranceway to a building; A passage to a tomb
What is Dromos?
400
an ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
What is cornice?
400
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription
What is sarcophagus?
400
a round building or room, especially one with a dome.
What is rotunda?
400
a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch
What is corbel vaulting?
500
hammered into relief from the reverse side
What is Repousse?
500
one of a number of small, rectangular blocks resembling teeth and used as a decoration under the soffit of a cornice
What is dentil range?
500
a cornice that follows the slope of a gable or pediment.
What is raking cornice?
500
circulate the vast interior space - niche to niche.
What is circumbulation?
500
a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a court of law or for public assemblies.