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1
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Voussoirs

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A wedge-shaped block used to construct an arch. The central vousoir
is called a keystone.

2
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Keystone

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keystone
The wedge-shaped or topmost
central stone of an arch.

3
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Springer

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The lowest voussoir on each side of an arch.

4
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Impost

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a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer

5
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Roman inventions

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Concrete, arches, domes, aquaducts

6
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Oculus

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A circular opening found in the top of a
dome or a round window.

7
Q

Coffered

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A ceiling or suspended grid with
recessed geometric panels developed
in the Italian Renaissance.

8
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The Pantheon

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  • Dome
  • Coffered ceiling
  • Slanted floor, water goes to cistern
9
Q

Insula

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Roman apartment building

  • up to 16 apartment buildings per block
  • retail lowest level
  • three to four stories
  • quality worsened as they got higher
  • top apartments may not have had running water

courtyard

10
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Pompeii

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  • South of Naples
  • Mt. Vesuvius in background
  • Summer retreat for wealthy
  • In 79 AD, was vibrant town. Volcano erupted and burried town in 25 feet of lava.
11
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Peristyle

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2

A columned porch or open colonnade surrounding a court that may have an internal garden.

  • Helps bring light into the plan
  • Outdoor dining and bedrooms around the peristyle
12
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Vestibulum

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3

Covered area directly adjacent to the street, which enters into the main space.

Floor may have mosaics

13
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Fauces

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4

The narrow passage from the atrium of a Roman house to
the street.

  • lowered ceiling
14
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Atrium

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1

In a Roman house, the principal room or courtyard; later it became
the forecourt of a Christian basilica, and today it is an open space in a
building or building complex.

  • natural light
  • welcoming area
15
Q

Compluvium

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A roof opening in a Roman residence above the
atrium through which rainwater could fall into
the cistern located under the floor, referred to
as the impluvium.

16
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Impluvium

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A basin or pool in the ancient Roman
house used to collect water from the roof
by means of the compluvium.

17
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Lararium

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A room within a Roman home reserved for worship of household gods.

18
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Ala

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6

Small rooms or recesses opening off the atrium in the ancient Roman
house.

19
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Tablinum

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8

In an ancient Roman house, a room opposite the entrance, off of the atrium, serving as an office and for storing genealogy and other important records.

20
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Cubiculum

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A Roman bedroom or room for sleeping in a Roman house.

Usually divided by curtains - spaces for an attendant, dressing, sleeping

Located around the atrium

21
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Lectus

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A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for
sleeping and dining.

22
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Triclinia

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7 for indoor (off atrium), #9 for outdoor

Contains three couches (lectus) in a u-shaped formation for dining

23
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Dado

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Chair rail

24
Q

Frescoes that trick the eye

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Trompe l’oeil

25
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Main field

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Section of interior wall between dado and the frieze

26
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Tesserae

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Small pieces (tesserae) of glass, stone, marble, or tile set in mortar to form a pattern or design (mosaic).

27
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Difference between Greek and Roman furniture

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Roman furniture lacks delicate quality and attention to proportions

28
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  • As a seat of honor and a symbol of legal authority the stool was used by high magistrates or by the emperor.
  • Romans felt the person seated has a higher status than the person standing beside him.

Cove seat like egyptian, but no inlay

29
Q
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Roman stool with double reverse curve

30
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Trestle table

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A table supported by two
or more trestles and a long
horizontal stretcher, popular
throughout history, especially in
ancient Rome, the Middle Ages,
the Renaissance, and Colonial
America.

31
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Quadruped

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Head and chest of an animal atached to its leg.

Style of table support.

32
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cathedra
The Roman chair similar to the Greek klismos but much heavier in
proportion; also the chair for a bishop from which the term cathedral
is derived.

33
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Throne chair

34
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Lectus

A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for
sleeping and dining.

Either made of wood or bronze

35
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Lectus

A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for
sleeping and dining.

Either made of wood or bronze

36
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Fulcra

Often animal heads/busts

Head-rest and foot-rest