Essential vocab of Renaissance Architecture Flashcards
aisle (side aisle)
the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers
altar (high altar, apse altar, side altar)
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a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church
baptistery
church structure used for baptisms
bay
the space between two columns, or one unit in the nave arcade of a church; also, the passageway in an arcuated gate
campanile
a bell tower of a church, usually, but not always, freestanding
chapel
colonnade
a series or row of columns, usually spanned by lintels
colossal order
an architectural design in which the columns or pilasters are two or more stories tall; also called a giant order
column + its parts
a vertical, weight-carrying architectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base (sometimes omitted), a shaft, and a capital
column and entablature (post and lintel)
the part of a building above the columns and below the roof; has three parts: architrave, frieze, and pediment
composite order
? a capital combining ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus leaves, first used by the ancient Romans
Corinthian order
a more ornate form than doric or ionic, it consists of a double row of acanthus leaves from which tendrils and flowers grow, wrapped around a bell-shaped echinus. Although this capital is often cited as the distinguishing feature of the Corinthian order, in strict terms no such order exists. the Corinthian capital is a substitute for the standard capital used in the ionic order
courtyard
garden/lawn in the center of a building
cross section
like a slice of an object basically
cross; adj. cruciform
Latin cross, greek cross
crossing
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crossing piers
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dome (cupola)
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Doric order
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drum
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Elevation
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entablature + its parts
architrave, frieze, cornice
facade
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