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The Parthenon sets on top of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
How Classical Architecture Began
From the rise of ancient Greece until the fall of the Roman empire, great buildings were constructed according to precise rules.
acropolis
The symbolic center of a Greek city-state, bringing together its most important sacred and civic buildings in one urban space, as in Athens where the Parthenon forms the heart of the Athenian acropolis.
acropolis : The citadel in ancient Greek towns. The symbolic center of a Greek city-state, bringing together its most important sacred and civic buildings in one urban space, ...
acropolis (2) -- a generic term for a high place or citadel in a city (Pedley, 353)
agglomerative (3) -- tending to cluster or heap together (Oxford Dict.) ...
acropolis - the high, fortified part of an ancient Greek city.
apse - the semicircular end of a basilica, often has a statue within it.
Acropolis
The elevated stronghold in ancient Greek cities.
Adobe
Sun-dried brick used in places with warm, dry climates, such as Egypt and Mexico; also, the structures built out of adobe bricks.
Acropolis, View of the archaic structure to the west of Temple B and south of Temple C, south side, Selinunte (Sicily) ...
Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece - Ionic order
Maison Carrée Temple at Nimes, France - Corinthian order ...
acropolis The citadel in ancient Greek towns. adobe Sun-dried brick used in places with warm, dry climates, such as Egypt and Mexico; the clay from which bricks are made; the structures built out of adobe bricks.
Greek temples, of one basically uniform design, range in size from the tiny Temple of Nike Apteros (427-424 bc) of about 6 by 9 m (20 by 30 ft) on the Acropolis in Athens to the gigantic Temple of Zeus (c. 500 bc) at Agrigento in Sicily, ...
The Topkapi Palace is located on the old Byzantine acropolis and overlooks the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. The building consists of four great courtyards built over a period of four hundred years.
temple, of which the best example is the Tholos of Theodorus at Delphi dedicated to the worship of Athena Pronaia; the propylon or porch, forming the entrance to temple sanctuaries (the best-surviving example is the Propylaea on the Acropolis of ...
It is located on the Acropolis, very close to the Parthenon (shown in the Doric section above).
The Little Rock AME Zion Church in downtown Charlotte is a good example showing Ionic columns. It was built in 1911 and designed by J. M. McMichael.
(a) an entrance to a temple or other enclosure; (b) the entry gate at the western end of the Acropolis, in Athens.
Protome (or protoma)
a representation of the head and neck of an animal, often used as an architectural feature.
Also called egg-and-anchor or egg-and-tongue, this is a finish decoration for cornices, ovolos, fireplace mantels, and other Classical elements. The first egg -and-dart can be seen in the Acropolis in Athens (500 B.C.).
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factor is the amount of sound that passes through a type of construction, while the acoustical reduction factor is its reciprocal, implying the effectiveness of sound insulation.
Acre - Measure of land containing 4840 sq.yds.
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