Etruscan + Rome Flashcards
Cylindrical containers used by wealthy women as cases for toiletry
Cistae
Central courtyard
Atrium
Circular pannels
Roundels
Rectangular, columnlike upright strips
Pilasters
Unfluted shaft and simplified version of Doric Order
Tuscan Order
Combination of Ionic Order with leaves of the Corinthian Orders
Composite Order
Base or pedistol of a column, statue, wall, building, or peice of furniture
Plinth
Lower part of a wall, differentiated from upper section
Dado
Interest in faithful reproduction of visual and tactile appearance of subjects
Vernism
Ser into the wall
Engaged
Arch that displaces most weight along curving side
Round arches
Outward pressure caused by weight of vault and supported by buttressing
Thrust
Wedge shaped peices in an arch
Voussoirs
Added support to an arch
Buttressing
Wooden scaffolding holding an arch in place until it’s locked together
Centering
Points from where curves of the arch rises
Springings
Wall areas adjacent to the arch
Spandrel
Empty space encompassed by the arch
Arcade
Supports of the arch
Bay
A gemstone carved in low relief
Cameo
Monumental tomb
Mausoleum
Roman Town center
Forum
Pool for catching rain water
Impluvium
Hand-held support for artists to mix colors
Pallette
Method of giving thr impression of reception by visual instinct
Intuitive perspective
Method of rendering the effect od spacial distance
Atmospheric perspective
Seven branched lamp holder
Menorah
Tunnel made of arches
Barrel vault
2/4-way barrel vault
Groin vault
Rounded vault
Dome
Circular opening
Oculus
Gilded-bronze shield-shaped ornaments
Cartouches
Technique for rapidly cutting grooves with straight sides
Drill work
Large rectangular building with extensive interior space
Basilica
Large central area
Nave
Rounded extensions at each end of a building
Apses
Circular room
Rotunda
Sunken pannels
Coffers
Niches; rectangular alternating with semicircular ones
Exedrae
Technique in sculpture in which material is cut back under edges so remaining forms cast deep shadows
Undercutting
Pair of pannels attatched with hinges; used for sending nmeszages written in wax
Diptych
Wealthy and powerful upperclass in the Republic
Patricians
Lower class in the Republic
Plebeians
Widely circulated coin in Rome
Denarius
Torso armor
Cuirass