Details Title: Architecture in England, France, Germany, and North America Description: Terms Total Flash Cards: 15 Created: 05/18/2009 07:01:55		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Architecture Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Appartements Definition A suite of rooms (French). Term Cenotaph Definition A monument erected in memory of someone who is not interred within it. Term Coquille Definition A seashell-like organic form. Term Corps de Logis Definition The main, freestanding unit in a French building complex. It contains the principal rooms, state apartments, and an entry and is usually flanked by lower secondary wings. Term Hammerbeam Definition A bracketed cantilevered beam used as support for timber roof truss. Term Hôtels Definition A French urban domestic building. Term Lunette Definition The semi-circular or crescent-shaped projection of a window opening into a vaulted ceiling. Lunettes can either be windows or decorated areas at the end of a barrel vault. Term Orangery Definition A building used to protect ornamental shrubs and trees in cold weather. Term Ordonnance Definition Correct relationship of parts to one another and to the whole in 18th century French architectural theory. Term Pendant Vaulting Definition Vaults with suspended, decorative elements hanging from their ribs. Term Porte – cochère Definition A projecting canopy or carriage porch. Term Newel Definition The center post around which a circular stair winds or a straight stair turns. Term Serliana Definition A central arched opening with lower trabeated (having horizontal beams) openings to each side. Also sometimes called a Palladian or Serlian motif. Term Stereotomy Definition The art of carving stone in complex, three-dimensional forms. Term Rocaille Definition 18th century scroll ornament based upon water-worn elements such as rocks and seashells.