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(front of card) Classical Orders - Doric
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| (back of card) The only one without a base; is very plain, but powerful-looking in its design; Used in the Parthenon |
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(front of card) Classical Orders - Ionic
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| (back of card) more decorative and taller than doric; bases were large and looked like a set of stacked rings; capitals consist of a scrolls above the shaft |
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(front of card) Classical Orders - Corinthian
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| (back of card) most decorative; Corinthian also uses entasis to make the shafts look straight. The Corinthian capitals have flowers and leaves below a small scroll. The shaft has flutes and the base is like the Ionian. Unlike the Doric and Ionian cornices, which are at a slant, the Corinthian roofs are flat. |
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| (front of card) Classical Orders - Tuscan[image] |
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| (back of card) very plain and the shortest |
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| (front of card) Classical Orders - Composite[image] |
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| (back of card) is a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian orders and is considered a Roman order |
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| load-bearing shaft that can come in 5 different orders; made up of marble or stone or concrete |
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| a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening. |
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| a ceiling or vault created by the intersections of two barrel vaults |
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| intersection of 2 to 3 barrel vaults; mostly seen in gothic basilicas |
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Pillaster
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slightly projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile
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refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals. Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture
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supports added to the exterior of churches to stabalize the pointed arches and relieve the arches from excess stress |
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The advantage to using a pointed arch, rather than a circular arch, is that the arch action in a pointed arch produces less thrust at the base. This innovation allowed for taller and more closely spaced openings, typical of Gothic architecture.
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An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.
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is a balcony/porch used in Greek and Roman classical architure
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is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out.
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post and lintel construction
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Gothic pier consisting of a large central core with four attached colonnettes associated with the springing of the nave-arcade and the vaults over the aisle and nave.
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in building construction, vertical loadbearing member such as an intermediate support for adjacent ends of two bridge spans. In foundations for large buildings, piers are usually cylindrical concrete shafts, cast in prepared holes
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dark stone that excentuates architectural features against white stucco
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is a curve (often used in molding), shaped somewhat like an S, consisting of two arcs that curve in opposite senses, so that the ends are parallel.
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