Exam 2- Vocab Flashcards
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Agora
An open air area, used as a market and place of assembly in Greece
Additive
Characterized by a basic process which involves adding simple solids together to make a more complex whole. Objects can be seen as attached to other objects.
Amaterasu
Japaneses Goddess of Light
Axis Mundi
A vertical axis which connects the earth to the sky
Baroque
A style developed in 16th century Italy characterized by exaggerated ornamental pictorial and scenographic effects, a bold use of light, the dynamic interplay of forms and masses, and complex columnar rythms
Basilica
Originally a roman public meeting place and hall of justice, the basilica is a rectangular building with a nave, side aisle and more apse. The basilican form was adopted as a basic church plan in early christian architecture, with nave, central apse, and side aisle. In both roman and christian basilicas, the massing of the elevation usually reflects the disposition of the plan in that both embody a-b-a proportional systems with a
Caldarium
The highest, most hierarchical part of the Baths of the Baths of Carcellas
Capital (Column)
From the Latin “kaput”, literally “head”. The top of a column or pilaster, usually elaborated by one of the architectural orders.
Casino
A small garden house
Cella
In Greek or Roman architecture, an interior walled structure built within the temple, surrounded by colonnades, to house a cult image
Clerestory
In egyptian temples, roman basilicas and christian basilican churches, the windows within the section of interior wall that rise above the adjacent roof line.
Dematerialization
To divide an distribute that which had been concentrated; to disperse mass and power.
Fertile Crescent
Where civilization began because of water was availabe
Folly
A garden building, meant to be looked at as a part of the landscape, rather than occupied.
Forum
An ancient Roman gathering place with served as a center of assembly for judicial and other public businesses.
Frigidarium
the first, cold tub in the Baths of Carcallas
Genius Loca
Roman spirit of the place
Grotto
Italian for cave, a highly rusticated, cave-like space in a garden, often underground and often containing water.
Hypostyle Hall
A hall of columns
Intercolumniation
The. space between columns
Ka
Egyptian, the spirit
Kami
Japanese, the spirit
Obelisk
A tall square-section shaft which tappers upwards and ends with a pyramid
Partarre
A well-manicured formal garden design of ornamental patterns meant to be seen from above
