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| a line at the end of which movement terminates at a significant feature and thereby divides a composition into two equal parts. |
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| elaborate interlocking supports in chinese architecture that produce a roof overhang (protect weather, sophisticated, chinese); from yingzao-fashi (raised platform- ancient greek stylobate, bracket set, columns, roof); ex: nanchan monastery |
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| in etruscan and roman cities, the principal north-south road (roman cities and grids, perpendicular to the decumanus: west-east road) |
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| a pier carved in the form of a standing woman and used in place of a column (erechtheion, temple of athena and poseidon, caryae sided with the persian, carry the burden and slavery) |
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| brings attention to the building or gather the spaces around a point |
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| surrounds a specific center and mark of spaces |
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| a roman order combining features of both ionic and corinthian |
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| the order that features acanthus-leaf capitals atop a fluted shaft- suggests young maiden (temple of apollo epicurius, one corinthian, other ionic and doric) |
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| walls made of very large stones, only minimally shaped (mycenae city) |
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| fluted shaft, no base, an echinus (forms the capital) molding supporting the abacus. roman doric order has a base- proportion of a man. developed in mainland greece |
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| the slight outward curve of a column, which then tapers toward the top of the shaft (doric order) |
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| adjusting design to site-specific conditions so as to promote harmony in accordance with Daoist principle (daoist=human should be in accord with the cosmo) |
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| volutes (scroll-like cushion) in capital; shaft is fluted-proportion to a woman-originated islands of aegean and coast of asia minor |
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| a module used in chinese wooden architecture, particularly houses, measuring about twelve by twenty feet (basic unite for wooden construction) |
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| an upright stone in traditional indian shrines symbolic of the male element (verses female yoni) |
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| large stones or boulders used in prehistoric architecture, usually used from astronomical observations or tombs (tomb, er-mane) |
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| the greek's view and discover of repeating patterns in the universe from the largest scale to the smallest scale (microcosm)- the golden section or ration |
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| altering the plane or part of the building to make it seem more straight and perfect (greek temples) |
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| darker places on plan to depict that they are massive solids |
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| mats woven of rice straw, approximately three by six feet, that establishes the module for room dimensions in traditional japanese houses |
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| transforms informal tea drinking to the spiritual ritual symbolizing detached perfection in zen tradition (making and drinking tea, harmony, reverence, purity, and silence) |
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| using a horizontal beam or lintel with posts or columns |
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| an order based on etruscan architecture, employing unfluted columns and simplified capitals |
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| a book building standards. 1. raised platform to announce the buildings' importance 2. tiled roof 3. bracket sets 4. columns and beams- decoration hierarchy: hexi (dragons and phoenix), xuanzi ("whirling flowers"), suzhou |
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