Week 4 Quiz Flashcards
a type of wall painting completed on wet plaster. Pigments are mixed with water or lime water. The artist paints directly on the wet plaster. The image (s) painted dry with the wall and becomes part of it.
Fresco
the central hall of Minoan and Mycenaen palaces. Includes a central hearth and four columns.
Megaron
an entrance hall or waiting room.
Vestibule
concerning humans and human values.
Humanistic
a distinct and consistent style of architecture. Includes the pedestal (stylobate), column, and entablature.
Order of architecture
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Classical Orders of architecture
1st century BCE Roman architect and author who wrote “De architectura”. Responsible for codifying the Classical Orders of Architecture.
Vitruvius
blocks or steps of a Greek temple. The column rests on this.
Stylobate
the continuous parallel grooves in the shaft of a column.
Flutes
the individual segmented parts of the shaft of a column.
Drums
the slab that forms the top of the capital of a column. Found in the Doric Order.
Abacus
the oval shaped portion of the top of a capital. Found in the Doric Order.
Echinus
In architecture, the upper horizontal portion of a Classical Order.
Entablature
Located in a Doric entablature, the set of three vertical areas in placed in between the metopes.
Triglyph
The square space in between the triglyphs. Usually filled with relief sculpture.
Metope
The central horizontal portion of an entablature, It will contain triglyphs and metopes in the Doric Order and narrative relief sculpture in the Ionic Order.
Frieze
In Greek architecture, a triangular form above the entablature and at the roof line.
Pediment
a scroll form found on the capital of the Ionic Order.
Volute
the projecting area at the top portion of the entablature. It usually contains moldings.
Cornice
in architecture, the lowest portion of the entablature. It rests directly on the column.
Architrave
a carved or painted motif that resembles the leafy plant
Acanthus
“higher city” above Athens. Location of sacred structures.
Acropolis
the front of a building.
Facade
the slight curve seen in the shaft of a column. Used to create an optical refinement that appears straight to the naked eye.
Entasis
a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
Peristyle
the main room of a Greek temple.
Cella
sculptured female column figure.
Caryatid
the body at rest; counterpoise. The standing figure has one engaged leg (straight leg that carries the weight) and the other is free of weight and bent at the knee.
Contrapposto
a furniture leg that gently curves outward. Also referred to as a saber leg.
Splayed leg
the central vertical panel of the back of a chair.
Splat
in furniture the vertical strips on either side of the splat.
Stile
the uppermost horizontal part of a chair back.
Crest rail
a stool standing on four legs.
Diphros
a four legged stool with crossed legs.
Diphros okladias
Greek couch with a headboard that could function as a backrest.
Kline
Phydias
sculptor of classical style found at the Parthenon
