List of classical architecture terms

List of classical architecture terms

This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.

Building elements

* Acroterion - ornament mounted at the apex of the pediment of a building
* Aedicule
* Apollarium
* Aegis
* Apse
* Arch
* Architrave
* Archivolt
* Ante-Fixae
* Amphiprostyle
* Bracket (architecture)
* Capital
* Caryatid
* Cella
* Coffer
* Colonnade
* Column
* Cornice
* Crepidoma
* Crocket
* Cupola
* Decastyle
* Dome
* Eisodos
* Entablature
* Epistyle - see Architrave
* Euthynteria
* Exedra
* Finial
* Frieze
* Gutta
* Imbrex and tegula - interlocking roof tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture
* Keystone
* Metope (architecture)
* Naos - see Cella
* Nave
* Opisthodomos
* Ornament (architecture)
* Orthostates
* Pediment
* Peristyle
* Pilaster
* Plinth
* Portico
** Portico types - tetrastyle, hexastyle, octostyle, decastyle
* Pronaos
* Prostyle
* Quoin
* Rustication (architecture)
* Stoa
* Suspensura
* Term (architecture)
* Tracery
* Triglyph
* Sima
* Stylobate
* Volute

Classical orders

* Classical orders
* Composite order
* Corinthian order
* Doric order
* Ionic order
* Tuscan order

Types of building

* Agora
* Amphitheatre
* Heroon
* Odeion
* Orchestra
* Skene
* Stoa
* Temple
* Theatre
* Tholos
* Treasury

ee also

* Architectural glossary
* Classical orders
* Forms in architecture

References

* [http://www.grandtradition.net/ GrandTradition.net]
* "Greek Temple." The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Unabridged Compact ed. 1995. ISBN 0-02-860810-0


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