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| An upright ornament placed at the apex and eaves of gabled roofs in Greek architecture. |
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| In Greek cities, the term applied to the area of markets and city government. |
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| "High city". In Greek city-states, the acropolis was the location of the most important temples and religious shrines. |
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| On a classical column, the stone set directly over the capital. |
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| In classical architecture, the bottom portion of an entablature. |
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| The intersection of 2 curved surfaces, most commonly applied to the line formed when the flutes of a Doric column join. |
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| A pier carved in the form of a standing woman and used in place of a column. |
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| The shrine room in the center of a temple. |
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| Masonry walls made of very large stones, only minimally shaped. |
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| The principle space in a megaron. |
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| The curved cushion-like molding that, together with the abacus, forms the capital in the Doric order. |
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| In classical architecture, the horizontal elements supported by columns, consisting (in ascending sequence) of the architrave, frieze, and cornice. |
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| The slight outward curve of a column, which then tapers toward the top of the shaft. |
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| The sanctuary of a Greek temple. |
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| In Mycenaean architecture, a rectangular room having a central hearth and 4 columns supporting a roof with an atrium opening. More generally, the term applies to a single-cell house in the Aegean region. |
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| An element of the Doric frieze, set alternately with triglyphs. Metope panels contain low-relief carvings. |
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| The vestibule or antechamber to the shrine room (naos) of a Greek temple. |
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| The base, usually having steps, on which a colonnaded temple sits. |
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| A dome over a circular-plan building, or more generally the building itself. |
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| A decorative spiral found in Ionic, Corinthian,and Composite capitals. |
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| The Greek order that has a fluted shaft, no base, and an echinus molding supporting the abacus. Roman Doric columns have a base. |
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| The order that features volutes in the capital; the shaft is usually fluted. |
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| The order that features acanthus-leaf capitals atop a fluted shaft. |
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| A Roman order combining the volutes of the Ionic order capital with the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian order. The Composite order volutes are larger, however, and also has echinus molding with egg-and-dart ornamentation between the volutes. |
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| An order based on Etruscan architecture, employing unfluted columns and simplified capitals. |
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