Greek Orders Flashcards
An interior space filled with rows of columns that serve to support the roof.
Hypostyle
In Classical architecture, a system of standardized types. In ancient Greek architecture,
three orders pertain: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The orders are most easily distinguished by
their columns
Order
the shaft of the column may be smooth or fluted. It does not have a base.
The capital is a rounded stone disk supporting a plain rectangular slab.
Doric
the shaft is fluted
and rests on a stepped base. The capital is carved in graceful scrolling forms called volutes.
Ionic
the shaft is fluted and rests on a more detailed stepped base. The elaborate capital
is carved with motifs based on stylized acanthus leaves.
Corinthian
In architecture, the decorative sculpted block surmounting a column. In Classical
architecture, the form of the capital is the most distinctive element of the various orders.
Capital
In Classical architecture, the lowest band of the entablature.
Architrave
In Classical architecture, the horizontal structure supported by capitals and
supporting in turn the pediment or roof. An entablature consists of three horizontal bands:
architrave, frieze, and cornice.
Entablature
Generally, any horizontal band of relief sculpture or painted decoration. In Classical
architecture, the middle band of an entablature, between the architrave and the cornice, often
decorated with relief sculpture.
Frieze
In Classical architecture, the uppermost element of an entablature; a raking cornice
frames the upper, slanting edges of a pediment. More generally, a horizontal, projecting
element, usually molded and usually at the top of a wall.
Cornice
In Classical architecture, the triangular element supported by the columns of a
portico. More generally, any similar element over a door or window.
Pediment
In architecture, a spiral, scroll-like ornament such as the capital of a column in the
Ionic order.
Volutes
