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D322 Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Answers
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Pediment (ancient classical) - -The triangular upper part of the front of a
building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.
-Entablature (ancient classical) - -A horizontal part in classical architecture
that rests on the columns and consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice.
-Cornice (ancient classical) - -A cornice is decorative trim located at the
meeting point between walls and a roof or ceiling.
-Frieze (ancient classical) - -a long and narrow sculptural band that runs
along the middle of an entablature, used for decorative purposes
-Architrave (ancient classical) - -a horizontal beam that rests directly on the
top of a row of columns.
-Triglyph (ancient classical) - -a projecting grooved element alternating with
a metope on a Greek temple
-metope (ancient classical) - -a rectangular architectural element that fills
the space between two triglyphs
-column (ancient classical) - -a vertical element, usually a rounded shaft
with a capital and a base, which in most cases serves as a support
-capital (ancient classical) - -in-between the column and the structure it is
holding up
-shaft (ancient classical) - -the main body of a column of pier between base
and capital
-Base (ancient classical) - -bottom of column
-Stylobate (ancient classical) - -a square or circular block that is the lowest
part of the base
-Nave (Gothic) - -the central part of a church building, intended to
accommodate most of the congregation
-side aisle (gothic) - -smaller aisles to the side of the nave
-crossing (gothic) - -The point where the chancel, nave, and transepts meet
, -Ambulatory (gothic) - -the covered passage around a cloister or the
processional way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and
behind the high altar.
-Apse (gothic) - -A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall at the east end of
a church.
-Transept (gothic) - -The part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave
at a right angle.
-Clerestory (gothic) - -A row of windows in the upper part of a wall.
-triforium (gothic) - -a set of windows or arcade above the arches of the
nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
-Arcade (Gothic) - -a series of arches carried by columns or piers, a
passageway between arches and a solid wall, or a covered walkway that
provides access
-Humanism (Renaissance) - -A Renaissance intellectual movement in which
thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and
achievements. "The new idea of self-reliance and civic virtue"
-Mannerism (Renaissance) - -Mannerism was an artistic style that emerged
in the later years of the Renaissance, roughly from the early 16th century to
the early 17th century - distorted proportions, elongated limbs, complex
symbolism
-Drum (renaissance) - -the upright part of a building on which a dome is
raised
-Rustication (Renaissance) - -type of decorative masonry achieved by
cutting back the edges of stones to a plane surface while leaving the central
portion of the face either rough or projecting markedly.
-Palladian Window (Renaissance) - -three-part window composed of a large,
arched central section flanked by two narrower, shorter sections having
square tops
-Pilaster (Renaissance) - -shallow rectangular column that projects slightly
beyond the wall into which it is built and conforms precisely to the order or
style of the adjacent columns
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