Etruscan Vocab Flashcards
sculptures in the round placed on the roof
acroterion
literally, a ‘‘city of the dead’’, a large burial place
necropolis
a painting techique that involves applying paint onto a freshly plastered wall; the paint formsa bond with the plaster and becomes durable and lon-lasting
fresco
a type of limestone
tufa
burial mounds in etruscan architecture,
tumulus
a dining table in ancient italy that has a couch on three sides for reclining at meals
triclinium
an order of ancient architecture featuring slender, smooth wooden coloumns that sit on simplebases; no carvings on frieze or capitals
tuscan
the semicircular rounded end of a basilica or the endpoint of a church where the altar is located
apse
a row of arches
arcade
an open-air coutyard in a Roman house or forum
atrium
in Roman and Christian architecture, an axially planned building with a long nave, side asles, and apses
bascilica
a sculpture depicting a head, neck, and upper chest
bust
an underground passageway used for burial
catacomb
the top of a church nave that is windowed and lets in light
clestory
in architecture, a sunken panel in a ceiling to lighten the weight of the ceiling
coffer
small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels or a roman bedroom flanking an atrium
cubicala
a rounded, circular roof; achieved by rotating an arch on its axis 180 degrees
cupola/dome
a column that i still attached toa wall
engaged column
a visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to give the effect of receding in space
foreshortening
a public square with market plave in roman city
forum
a retangular basin in a roman house that is placed in the open-air atrium inorder to collect rain water
impluvium
the center stone of an arch that holds the others in place
keystone
a crescent-shaped space, somtimes over a dorrway that contains scuplture or apinting
lunette
a decoration using pieces of stone, marble or colored, glass called tesserane that are cemented to a wall or floor
mosaic
the main alse of a church
nave
a round opening at the top of a dome
oculus
a figure with its hands raised in prayer
orant figure
an atrium surrounded by columns in a Roman house
peristyle
depth and ression in a painting
perspective
a scuptureed represntation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck andusually part od the shoulders and breast
portait bust
a transparent colorless gypsum that looks like glass and was often used in windows
seleite
