Brown Bauhaus HOA 3 Flashcards
In a church, a sound reflector behind and over a pulpit
Abat-voix
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.
Acanthus
A pseudo-balcony; a low ornamental railing to a window, projecting but slightly beyond the threshold or sill
Balconet
A small tower, usually topped with a spire or pinnacle, and containing one or more bells
Bell turret
Ancient Roman masonry formed of small rough stones set in a mixture of concrete
Caementum
A corner of a building decorated with a projecting masonry course, a pilaster, or similar feature
Canton
In Buddhist architecture, a monumental structure containing relics of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint
Dagoba
The long, deep entrance passageway to an ancient Egyptian tomb or a Mycenaean beehive tomb
Dromos
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
Echinus
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
Emplecton
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
Accolade
A semicircular (or nearly semicircular) or semi polygonal space, usually in a church, terminating an axis and intended to house an altar
Apse
An ornamental canopy over an altar, usually supported on columns, or a similar form over a tomb or throne
Baldachin Baldacchino Baldachino Baldaquin Ciborium
A board which hangs from the projecting end of a roof, covering the gables; often elaborately carved and ornamented in the Middle Ages
Bargeboard
A small capital of a vaulting shaft
Chaptrel
A continuous gangway behind a rampart, providing a means of communication along a fortified wall
Chemin-De-Ronde
A building having a portico of ten columns, or rows of ten columns
Decastyle
The wide horizontal walkway between the lower and upper tiers of seats in a Greek theater
Diazoma
The spire-shaped termination of a projecting point or angle of a roof
Épi
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
Etruscan Architecture
A concave conical vault whose ribs, of equal length and curvature, radiate from the springing like the ribs of a fan
Fan vault
A small glazed opening in a shrine to afford a view of the relics
Fenestella
An ornamental motif of the late Gothic tracery, reminiscent in form of the air-bladder of a fish
Fischblase (Fish Bladder)
The small flower at the center of each side of the Corinthian abacus
Fleuron
