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History and Introduction to Construction
Matching Building and Their names, Buildings and their architects, construction term and etc...
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Undergraduate 1
12/08/2009

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Term
A - oculus
B - dome
C - drum
D - pendantive
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Term
Ambulatory
Definition
Isle around the apse
Term
Arabesque
Definition
ornament or surface decoration with intricate and flowing lines often based on plant forms
Term
Baptistery
Definition
octagonal
Term
Byzantine in Russia: Most obvious
characteristic is the...
Definition
Onion Dome
Term
Campanile
Definition
bell tower either part of a building or freestanding
Ex. Leaning Tower of Piza, Sanford Hall
Term
Chartres Cathedral
Definition
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Term
Church of Santa Costanza, 361
Definition
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Term
Church of St. Elizabeth
Definition
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Term
Clasping buttresses
Definition
support two walls as they meet at a corner by making some length of both walls at the corner thicker than the remainder of the wall.
Term
Cologne Cathadral (German Gothic)
Definition
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Term
Craft Guild
Definition
Apprentice, Joureyman, Master
Term
Dovetail
Definition
joint technique common in woodworking
Term
Early Christian (basilica plan)
Definition
Central features
– No domes
– Gabled upper roof
over the nave
– Shed roofs over the
aisles
– Open wood trusses
over the nave and
aisles
– Clerestory windows
– Entrance from west.
– Brick exteriors
Term
Early Christian Church Plan
Definition
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Term
Enclosed Buttresses
Definition
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Term
English Gothic
Definition
Large tower at crossing, not on west end
Two transepts
Square apse
Horizontal
Term
Fan Vaults
Definition
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Term
Florance Cathedral
Definition
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Term
Flying buttresses
Definition
may be thought of as half- or semi-arches; the elevated end of the arch supports the wall and the lower end of the arch is mounted on foundations, or on pillars or other flying buttresses. Flying buttresses are especially common in medieval cathedral design.
Term
Flying buttresses
Definition
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Term
Frescoes
Definition
a painting technique in
which colored pigments are
applied to a damp plaster
wall, so that they become
integral with the wall finish
Term
Gates of Paradise
Definition
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Term
Gothic Identifiable Features
Definition
o Pointed windows
o Pointed vaulting ribs
o Stong vertical lines throughout
o Monumental west fronts
o Flying Buttresses
o Enclosed Buttresses
o Large stained glass windows
o Very large rose windows
o Tracery
o Mosaics
o Frescoes
o Spires
o Gargoyles
o Fan vaults
Term
Greek Cross Plan
Definition
all four arms of equal length
Term
Hagia Sophia
Definition
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Term
Latin cross plan
Definition
Church plan with one arm
longer than the other three
Term
Notre Dame
Definition
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Term
Pendentive
Definition
The
triangular portion of a
sphere which forms a
transition from a
square bay into a
circle for the springing
of a dome.
Term
Piazza del Campo
Palazzo Pubblico
Siena, Italy
Definition
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Term
Pointed Windows
Definition
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Term
Pointed
vaulting ribs
Definition
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Term
Roman Basilica Plan
Definition
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Term
Rood Screen
Definition
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Term
San Marco
Definition
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Term
Shatyor
Definition
tent roof constructed of diminishing lengths of logs
Term
Siena Cathedral (Italian Gothic)
Definition
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St. Basil's Cathedral (moscow)
Definition
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Tracey
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