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- 1AbacusSquare slab on top of column
- 2Acanthus LeafMotif used on Corinthian Columns
- 3AcroterionOrnamentation on the Apex or corners of a Pediment
- 4AdytonExtra room inside the naos
- 5AmphiprostlyeHaving columns in front of, not between, the antae, on both ends of the temple
- 6Anta (Antae)Wall that juts out to form a porch
- 7In antisLatin: between the antae
- 8ArchitraveBlank area below frieze and above the columns
- 9ArrisSharp ridge where flutes meet (usually on Doric columns)
- 10CapitalTop of a column
- 11CellaLatin: naos (inner room of temple)
- 12CofferDecorative panel in the ceiling
- 13CorinthianOrder of architecture. More elaborate than ionic with leafy capitals
- 14CorniceTop of the entablature just below the pediment
- 15DentilLatin: little tooth
Moulding made of small squares that hang down - 16DipteralHaving two rows of columns
- 17DistyleHaving two columns
- 18DoricOrder of architecture; Plain capitals, columns are squat with 20 flutes and no base
"Masculine" - 19DrumOne chunk of column
- 20EchinusRounded pad-like layer at the top of a column below the abacus
- 21EngagedOf a column; when it is attached to the main wall with a small strut or is sunken in
- 22EntablatureEntire section above columns, below the pediment
- 23EntasisBulge of a column
- 24FlutingThe grooves going down a column
- 25FriezeA band of decoration
- 26Doric friezeMade up of metopes and triglyphs
- 27Ionic (or continuous) friezeContinuous scene
- 28GableThe triangle formed by the end of the roofline; where the pediment goes
- 29GeisonCornice
- 30Raking GeisonUpper edges of the pediment
- 31GuttaeDrops below mutules or regulae
Latin: drops - 32HexastyleHaving six columns
- 33IonicOrder of architecture: slender columns with volutes and a base. Generally has 24 flutes with flat area between flutes
"Feminine" - 34MetopeRectangle, often sculpted, on a Doric frieze
- 35MutuleRectangle block under the cornice of a Doric temple; supposedly represents wooden pegs of earlier ages
- 36OctostyleHaving eight Columns
- 37OpisthodomosRear porch, often used to store treasure
- 38OrderSet of loosely-defined style rules for designing a temple; Doric, Ionic or Corinthian
- 39PalmetteDecoration that resembles a palm tree
- 40ParapetLow wall
- 41PedimentSculpture within gable
- 42PeripteralHaving columns the whole way round
- 43PeristyleArea around the temple within the columns
- 44PilasterSimilar to engaged column but purely decorational
- 45ProstyleHaving columns in front of the antae not between
- 46PronaosFront porch
- 47RegulaBlock of moulding below a triglyph
- 48StereobateBottom steps of a temple
- 49StylobateThe top step/level on which a column sits
- 50TetrastyleHaving four columns
- 51TholosRound temple (also called monopteros)
- 52TriglyphArea on Doric temple with vertical grooves
- 53TympanumThe triangular space behind pedimental sculpture
- 54VoluteScroll on top of an Ionic column
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- A level (Architectural Sculpture) Classical Civilisation Fichas sobre Architecture Terms, creado por Claude Gowan el 21/04/2017.
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