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ARCH 249- Glowacki Exam 1abacus - ANS-A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in
supporting the architrave
Aegan Sea - ANS-The sea that separates Greece from Asia Minor
Akrotiri on Thera (Santorini) - ANS-Minoan society on the island of Thera (Santorini)
that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption that ended up preserving many of the frescoes
of the architecture.
ashlar masonry - ANS-Carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone used in
construction, fitted together without mortar.
beehive tomb - ANS-a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization
consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside
bull leaping - ANS-Activity often depicted in Minoan art involving acrobats leaping over
angry bulls.
central court - ANS-Central element of Minoan Palaces.
corbeled arch - ANS-stones placed closer and closer together until final gap closed by a
capstone
corbeled vault - ANS-a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses,
cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch
corbeled dome - ANS-stone corbeled courses laid in a circular base and stacked higher
to form a structure.
corbeling - ANS-layers of flat stones without mortar to form walls with each layer further
inward that the previous
cyclopean masonry - ANS-A megalithic style of masonry involving using large unworked
boulders with smaller stones in between.
dromos - ANS-The runway into a Tholos Tomb
, engaged column - ANS-A column that has one side attached to a wall, so it is not free
standing.
flying gallop - ANS-animals posed off the ground with legs fully extended backwards
and forwards to signify that they are running
flute - ANS-A thin carving down the side of a column.
fortification wall - ANS-A wall built around a city, palace, or citadel for the purposes of
defense.
fresco - ANS-A type of painting in which the paint was applied to wet plaster.
half timbering - ANS-A technique used for wall construction involving the use of heavy
timber members carrying the structural load.
heraldic pose - ANS-A pose where two figures are mirror images of one another,
sometimes flanking in a central object, as in the relieving triangle above the Lion Gate at
Mycenae.
Labyrinth - ANS-A maze
light well - ANS-openings in the roof to allow light to enter room; Palace of Minos at
Knossos
lintel - ANS-A horizontal beam used to span an opening.
lustral basin - ANS-Rooms found at the palace of Knossos that could have been used
religious "cleansing" basin.
megalithic architecture - ANS-Architecture composed of massive stone
megaron - ANS-The central component of Mycenaean palaces consisting of a porch,
antechamber, and throne room.
Minoan column - ANS-originally of wood, painted red, with a plain shaft (without fluting)
and topped by a simple rounded capital or echinus. Its most distinctive feature is that it
tapers in reverse to the custom of the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans with a narrow
base widening towards the top.
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