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Brown Bauhaus HOA 3 Flashcards

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In a church, a sound reflector behind and over a pulpit

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Abat-voix

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A common plant of the Mediterranean, whose leaves, stylized, forms the characteristic decoration of capitals of Corinthian and Composite orders. In scroll form it appears on friezes, panels, etc.

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Acanthus

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A pseudo-balcony; a low ornamental railing to a window, projecting but slightly beyond the threshold or sill

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Balconet

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A small tower, usually topped with a spire or pinnacle, and containing one or more bells

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Bell turret

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Ancient Roman masonry formed of small rough stones set in a mixture of concrete

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Caementum

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A corner of a building decorated with a projecting masonry course, a pilaster, or similar feature

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Canton

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In Buddhist architecture, a monumental structure containing relics of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint

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Dagoba

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The long, deep entrance passageway to an ancient Egyptian tomb or a Mycenaean beehive tomb

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Dromos

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The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of the Doric capital. Hence the corresponding feature in capitals of other orders, which often had egg-and-dart ornamentation; any molding of similar profile or decoration

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Echinus

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A type of masonry commonly used by the Romans and Greeks, esp. in fortification walls, in which the exterior faces of the wall were built of ashlar in alternate headers and stretchers, and with the intervening space filled with rubble

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Emplecton

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An ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding

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Accolade

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A semicircular (or nearly semicircular) or semi polygonal space, usually in a church, terminating an axis and intended to house an altar

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Apse

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An ornamental canopy over an altar, usually supported on columns, or a similar form over a tomb or throne

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Baldachin
Baldacchino
Baldachino
Baldaquin
Ciborium
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A board which hangs from the projecting end of a roof, covering the gables; often elaborately carved and ornamented in the Middle Ages

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Bargeboard

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A small capital of a vaulting shaft

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Chaptrel

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A continuous gangway behind a rampart, providing a means of communication along a fortified wall

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Chemin-De-Ronde

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A building having a portico of ten columns, or rows of ten columns

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Decastyle

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The wide horizontal walkway between the lower and upper tiers of seats in a Greek theater

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Diazoma

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The spire-shaped termination of a projecting point or angle of a roof

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Épi

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The architecture of the people in western central Italy from the 8th century BCE until their conquest by the Romans in 281 BCE apart from some underground tombs and city walls, it is largely lost, but remains important for the influence of its construction methods on Roman architecture, e.g. the stone arch

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Etruscan Architecture

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A concave conical vault whose ribs, of equal length and curvature, radiate from the springing like the ribs of a fan

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Fan vault

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A small glazed opening in a shrine to afford a view of the relics

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Fenestella

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An ornamental motif of the late Gothic tracery, reminiscent in form of the air-bladder of a fish

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Fischblase (Fish Bladder)

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The small flower at the center of each side of the Corinthian abacus

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Fleuron

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A small ornamental structure, such as a pavilion, often provides a splendid view; usually built in a garden, in a park, or along a stream

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Gazebo

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The framing of a door or window by a head composed of a (usually triple) keystone and by jambs that are bordered by protruding rectangular blocks of stone

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Gibbs Surround

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The ridge, edge, or curved line formed by the intersection of the surfaces of two intersecting vaults

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Groin

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A style of folk architecture widely applied to homes in America from about 1870 to 1910; especially characterized by the heavy use of gingerbread, spindle work, and ornate bargeboards

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Gingerbread Folk Architecture

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Any spiral, particularly a small volute or twist under the abacus of the Corinthian capital

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Helix

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A term referring primarily to the culmination of the Italian Renaissance style in the 16th century (cinquecento)

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High Renaissance

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A cover placed above an opening or an object to shelter it

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Hood

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A pleasure garden or pleasure ground of the ancients, similar in style and arrangement to the garden of a modern Italian villa

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Hortus

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A courtyard within the central defense of a castle

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Inner bailey

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In ancient Roman masonry and Greek, an extremely regular masonry pattern in which stones of uniform length and uniform height are set so that each vertical joint is centered over the block beneath.

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Isodomum

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An ornament of bands of stalks elaborately intertwined, sometimes including fantastic images

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Interlace

Entrelacs

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In ancient Roman dwellings, a cistern set in the atrium or peristyle to receive water from the roofs

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Impluvium

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An imprecise term, applied to an English architectural style of the early 17th century that adapted the Elizabethan style to continental Renaissance influences; applied to buildings erected during the reign of James I (1603-1625) and thereafter.

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Jacobean Architecture

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A screen separating the chancel from the nave or aisles, or both

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Jube

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A style adopted by the Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, characterized by the use of brick and stone walls with gambrel or double-pitched roofs and flared lower eaves that extend beyond the front and rear walls, forming a deep overhand

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Dutch Colonial Style

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The stronghold of a medieval castle, usually in the form of a massive tower, and a place of residence, esp. in times of siege

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Keep

Donjon

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The central voussoir of an arch, which is often embellished; until it place, no true arch action takes place

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Keystone

Keyblock

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In classical architecture, a forerunner of the Ionic capital with a rectangular upper section supported by volutes divided by palmette decoration

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Aeolic Capital

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A narrow window with a sharp-pointed arch typical of English Gothic architecture from c. 1150 to c. 1250

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Lancet window

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A windowed superstructure crowning a roof or dome

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Lantern

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An arcaded or colonnaded porch or gallery attached to or contained within a larger structure; usually located in a prominent part of the buildling; open on at least one side to provide a protected outdoor sitting area, sometimes contains an upper story

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Loggia

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Having the shape of a lotus bud or flower, as used in some Egyptian column capitals

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Lotiform

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North Italian pre-Romanesque architecture in the 7th and 8th centuries, during the rule of the Lombards, based on Early Christian and Roman forms

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Lombard architecture

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The later Rococo and classicist phase of the 18th century in France under the rule of Louis XVI (1774-1792), terminated by the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

Louis Seize Style

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The Classical and Rococo style in France in architecture, decoration, and furniture

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Louis XV,

Louis Quinze Style

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In ancient Roman construction, a rough wall having no facing; constructed in a wide variety of materials

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Maceria

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