A triangular opening above the lintel that serves to lighten the weight that is carried
What is a relieving triangle?
100
A wide-mouthed bowl for mixing wine and water
What is a krater?
100
A wedge shaped stone block used in the construction of a true arch
What is a keystone?
200
Corbel Vault
What is Aegean?
200
A temple with a circular plan or a beehive shaped tomb
What is Tholos?
200
The cornice on the sloping sides of the pediment
What is a raking cornice?
200
"Eye" the round central opening of a dome
What is oculus?
300
Social Realism
What is Greek?
300
The passageway leading to a Tholos tomb,
What is Dromos?
300
The circular area under a dome or a domed round building
What is a rotunda?
400
Coffers
What is roman?
400
Forms in a relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving an impression of a face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mood of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver
What is repousse?
400
Usually the front of the building or other sides if they are being emphasized
What is a facade?
400
"Burial mound" they cover one or more subterranean multi chambered tombs cut out of local tufa
What is tumulus?
500
Podium
What is Etruscan?
500
A method of stone construction using massive irregular blocks without mortar which is used in many Mycanean sites
What is Cyclopean Masonry?
500
Standard type of Etruscan columns that is made if wood, it is undoubted and has a base