Details Title: Definitions Description: Byzantine/Carolingian Total Flash Cards: 29 Created: 06/14/2009 10:22:25		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 blind arcade Definition a series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars, with a wall behind or withing to obscure view or access Term bochko Definition a roof in the shape of a pointed horseshoe Term Byzantine cross Definition an upright post with a transverse piece near the top, the top and sides of which may possess additional decorative pieces Term choir Definition the part of a cruciform church between the nave and the main altar; chancel Term cluster piers Definition a group of vertical supporting structures Term conical cap Definition the top of a structure, shaped like a cone Term cross-in-rectangular plan Definition a floor plan, usually in a Byzantine church that is shaped like a cross w/in a rectangular outline Term cupola Definition a domed roof or ceiling, usually in miniature, with a lantern on top, and surmounting a roof Term domed crossing Definition the intersection of the nave and transept in a cruciform church, which is covered by a hemispherical roof or vault Term drum Definition the circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome; also a section of a circular column Term embellishment Definition something added to an object as decoration to make it beautiful, as by ornamentation or adornment Term exedrae Definition an often semicircular protico w/ seats that was used in ancient Greece and rome as a place in which discussions were held. A usually curved outdoor bench w/ a high back Term facade Definition the exterior of a building on one of its principle sides Term fresco Definition the art of painting on fresh, moist plaster w/ earth colors dissolved in water Term gable Definition the triangular wall section at the ends of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes and the ridge pole Term incrustation Definition to cover with or as if with a crust, particularly decorative plaster, jewels or other embellishments Term monastery Definition the dwelling place of a community of persons under religious vows, esp. monks Term mosque Definition A Moslem house of worship Term motif Definition a recurrent thematic element or repeated figure of design used in architecture or decoration Term niche Definition a recess in a wall, as for holding a statue Term pinnacle Definition a small turret or spire on a roof or buttress Term pinnacled niches Definition a recess in a wall w/ a small turret or spire above it Term pointed arch Definition a structural device forming the upper edge of an opening or a support with its two curves meeting at an acute angle, also called an equilateral arch Term relief Definition the projection of figures or forms from a flat background Term reliquary Definition a receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics Term squinch arch Definition a structural device framing the upper edge of an opening or a support, which is build diagonally across the corners of a rectangular space and used as the transition to a circular or octagonal superstructure (shortening and alteration of scuncheon) Term tiers Definition one of a series of rows placed one above another Term fluted buttress Definition a structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support of reinforcement, rounded, with parallel grooves incised on it as a decorative motif Term mausoleum Definition a large and stately tomb or building housing such a tomb or tombs