Art and Architecture

Question 1

loggia /loj-uh, loh-jee-uh\

Answer 1

(n.)

a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side
a space within the body of a building but open to the air on one side, serving as an open-air room or as an entrance porch.

derived from Italian

Question 2

mezzanine /mez-uh-neen/, /mez-uh-neen/

Answer 2

(n.)

A mezzanine is an intermediate floor between main floors of a building, and therefore typically not counted among the overall floors of a building. Often, a mezzanine is low-ceilinged and projects in the form of a balcony. (Wikipedia)

Question 3

balustrade /bal-uh-streyd/, /bal-uh-streyd/

Answer 3

(n.)
A baluster is a molded shaft, standing on a unified footing and supporting the sides of a parapet or a staircase.

Word Origin
[Italian] balaustra, “pomegranate flower” - the shape of a baluster resembles the swelling form of the half-open pomegranate flower

Question 4

artisan /ahr-tuh-zuh n/
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Supporting local artisans means buying their products. While this may be slightly more expensive than spending on manufactured equivalents, there is value to owning and displaying unique handicraft rather than cloned mass-manufactured items.

Answer 4

(n.)
A person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.

Artisans are skilled manual workers and traditionally use media such as stone, wood, ceramics, glass, common and precious metals, basketry, textiles, leather, fur, wax, paper, and flowers. (Wikipedia)
While an artist is one who is engaged in fine arts, an artisan is engaged in applied art, i.e., crafts

Word Origin
[Italian] artigiano