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- Amorini
- Amphora
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A piece that is placed on top of the capital of a column, that can be simple or with added molding, that supports the architrave.
A Stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical architecture. It’s form is the characteristic decoration of the Corinthian and Composite Orders of columns.
A statue with the head (and sometimes hands and feet) made of stone and the body is of some other material.
The symbolic center of a Greek city that brings its most important buildings into one area. An example would be how the Parthenon forms the center of Athens acropolis. See also Agora for other buildings or spaces that were included in the Acropolis.
Unfired clay bricks, dried in the sun that are reinforced with straw, hay or gravel that produce a distinctive Pueblo Style architecture. Because adobes are handmade, their shapes and sizes are frequently irregular. Advantages of adobe are the widespread availability and inexpensiveness of the raw materials and that it is fireproof. Its greatest disadvantage is the need for protection from weather — it disintegrates in rain or snow. To protect it, it is stuccoed with thick plaster.
The frames surrounding a classical doorway or window bordered by a pair of columns and topped by a pediment that forms part of a façade.
The public open space that was a part of the acropolis that was for social interaction which included ceremonies and democratic life on a pedestrian scale.
The portion of a church flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers. In general, the space between the arcade and an outer wall.
Wall cupboards built into the walls so that it is flush with the wall itself.