Essential vocab of Renaissance Architecture

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aisle (side aisle)

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the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers

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altar (high altar, apse altar, side altar)

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Question 3

apse

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a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church

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baptistery

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church structure used for baptisms

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bay

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the space between two columns, or one unit in the nave arcade of a church; also, the passageway in an arcuated gate

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campanile

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a bell tower of a church, usually, but not always, freestanding

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chapel

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colonnade

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a series or row of columns, usually spanned by lintels

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colossal order

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an architectural design in which the columns or pilasters are two or more stories tall; also called a giant order

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column + its parts

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a vertical, weight-carrying architectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base (sometimes omitted), a shaft, and a capital

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column and entablature (post and lintel)

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the part of a building above the columns and below the roof; has three parts: architrave, frieze, and pediment

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composite order

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? a capital combining ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus leaves, first used by the ancient Romans

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Corinthian order

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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

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courtyard

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garden/lawn in the center of a building

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cross section

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like a slice of an object basically

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cross; adj. cruciform

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Latin cross, greek cross

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crossing

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Question 18

crossing piers

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Question 19

dome (cupola)

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Question 20

Doric order

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Question 21

drum

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Question 22

Elevation

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Question 23

entablature + its parts

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architrave, frieze, cornice

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facade

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Question 25

flute (fluted;fluting)

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Question 26

Ionic order

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Question 27

keystone

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Question 28

lantern

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Question 29

loggia, or portico

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Question 30

nave

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Question 31

niche

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Question 32

pediment (triangular, segmental, etc)

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Question 33

piano nobile

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Question 34

piazza (city square)

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Question 35

pier and arch

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Question 36

pilaster

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Question 37

plan

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Question 38

rustication

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Question 39

sacristy

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Question 40

string course

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Question 41

transept

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Question 42

vault

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villa

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Question 44

volute

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Question 45

voussoir

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