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| Prior to building multi-story housing complex called pueblos, the Ancestral Pueblo built these, which were entered from above. |
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| In the Pre-Columbian culture a Kiva is a... |
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| a circular room used for religious/communal rituals. |
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| A Petroglyph is defined as.. |
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rock engravings
example: Spiral w/sun dagger |
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| communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material. These structures were usually multi-storeyed buildings |
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| 3 vertical carved bands, centered over every column (except in corner) and in between columns in the Doric Order |
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| Area between triglyphs, may be carved or painted, assoc. w/Doric Order |
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| Vertical concave carvings in the shaft of a column |
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| Doric. Sharp edge between each flute. |
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| Ionic. Thin, flat raised surfaced between flutes. |
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| Most distinguishing feature of Ionic. Capital is a flat cushion with volutes – large spirals -- at the side, w/one pair of volutes in the front and one pair in the back. Echinus often has egg and dart molding. |
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| Curved molding at top of column that acts as a transition between shaft and abacus |
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| Large square slab upon which rests the entablature |
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| Central part of the column, often treated with vertical concave grooves called flutes. |
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Constructed in three main divisions:
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| Lintel directly above the column, generally rather plain |
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| Central portion of entablature; a wide, flat surface often treated with carved ornament or triglyphs and metopes in the Doric Order |
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| Upper portion directly below the pediment |
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| Column consisting of a draped female form crowned with a capital |
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| The sanctuary—walled enclosure—that houses the cult statue. Access to the inner chamber was restricted to priests and other select individuals. |
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| Back room of temple, often used to house a treasury |
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| A roofed, columned porch or colonnade surrounding a building. |
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| Tall base upon which a Roman temple sits |
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| Inner portico or porch in front of the naos |
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| The triangular gable end of a Greek temple. Generally treated with moldings and filled with sculpture |
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| A temple w/a single row of surrounding columns. |
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| A temple w/a double row of surrounding columns |
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| A Portico of columns directly in front of a naos or opisthodomos |
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| The top of the stepped platform on which columns stand |
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| the entire stepped platform leading up into the temple where the columns sit. |
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| * The three Greek Orders are: |
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| Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian |
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| * The two Roman Orders are: |
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| An Order of Architecture is made up of what? |
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| a column and its entablature ! |
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| The meaning of the word Teotihuacán: |
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| Which Meso-American people lived in the area of present-day Guatemala, Honduras, and Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico? |
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| the Ancestral Puebloan Cultures (ex: Chaco Canyon) |
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| trabeated structural system is.. |
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| The three essentials of architecture according to Roman architect Vitruvius are: |
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latin: firmitas, utilitas, venustas
english: solid, useful, beautiful |
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| The Minoan civilization is located on what present-day island in the Mediterranean? |
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| What archeologist first excavated the ruins at Knossos in the 19th century? |
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| How were the lustral-basins used at the Knossos complex? |
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| A sunken room entered down a short flight of steps found in Minoan palaces/ a sort of water pool opposite of the throne. |
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| What links the Lion Gate of Mycenae to the Minoan civilization |
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| The use of the Corralled Arch. |
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what: built with huge limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance
who: Minoan people (the Citadel of Mycenae) |
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| prepared and carefully calculated stone work (parallel stones) |
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| Megaron at Mycenae uses what arch theory |
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