classical architecture - architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans
Greco-Roman architecture
cyma, cymatium - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) ...
Neoclassical Architecture
Definition and resources for Neoclassical architecture in Europe, Great Britain, and the United States, from 1750 to 1880.
The White House ...
Classical Architecture can still be found around certain parts of America. Many times, you can find some examples in the colonial towns or some very expensive and rich areas of our country.
In classical architecture, the uppermost elements supported by columns are referred to as the entablature. Components of the enblature include: the architrave, the frieze and the cornice.
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H Classical Architecture
The building systems and forms of ancient Greece and Rome are called classical architecture. Greek contributions in architecture, as in so much else, defy summarization.
Classical Architecture
- classical denotes superiority. Classicus was a title reserved for a superior member of Roman society. First applied to literature, the use of the term was expanded, to include the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials with a Select Glossary
Sites of Antiquity: From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome, 50 Sites that Explain the Classical World
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Classical architecture refers to the building styles of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. These were rediscovered during the Renaissance, and made fashionable across Europe from the fifteenth century onwards.
In classical architecture, a type of base used on columns especially of the Ionic type, with two large convex rings joined by a spreading convex moulding.AumbryIn a church or chapel, a recess or cupboard to hold sacred vessels for the Mass.
In Classical architecture, a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often freestanding
A row of columns, either surrounding a temple or standing as an independent architectural element
A series of columns placed at regular intervals.
In Classical architecture, the enclosed space of a portico, peristyle, or stoa, generally behind a screen of columns....
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In classical architecture, the base supporting a column or colonnade.
pediment
In a classical-style building, the triangular segment between the horizontal entablature and the sloping roof.
In classical architecture an upright structural member of round cross section with a shaft, capital and usually a base. Mostly of stone but can be of wood or cast iron.
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in Classical architecture, a low story placed above the main entablature.
Attribute
an object closely identified with, and thought of as belonging to, a specific individual -particularly, in art, a deity or saint.
in Classical architecture, a basis, usually solid, supporting a temple or other superstructure.
Portico
a covered entrance to a building, colonnaded, either constituting the whole front of the building or forming an important feature.
Neo-Classical Architecture
Both residential and commercial buildings were constructed on the traditional Georgian plan, but they had a new gaiety and light-heartedness. Detailing became more refined, delicate, and elegant.
Cornice - In classical architecture, the top, projecting section of an entablature; also any projecting ornamental moulding along the top of a building, wall, arc, etc.
ORDER In classical architecture, the column and entablature. There are five main orders, each with their own ornaments, proportions, and measurements: Tuscan, Greek Doric (and Roman Doric), lonic, Corinthian, and Composite.
atrium In classical architecture, an interior courtyard that is open to the air.
aumbry A recess to hold reliquaries or sacred vessels, often found in castle chapels.
entablature In classical architecture, a major horizontal member carried by a column(s) or pilaster(s); it consists of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice. The proportions and detailing are different for each order, and strictly prescribed.
entablature - in classical architecture, the part of the structure between the column capital and the roof or pediment ...
pediment - in classical architecture, the triangular gable end of the roof above the horizontal cornice, often filled with sculpture; in later work, a surface use ornamentally over doors or windows, usually rectangular but may be curved.
ENTABLATURE
In classical architecture, collective name for the three horizontal members (architrave, frieze and cornice) carried by a wall or a column.
architectural style
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Gothic architecture
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Architrave: The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between columns; in classical architecture, the lowest member of an entablature. Archivolts: Bands or mouldings (moldings, Am.) surrrounding an arched opening.
the middle division of an entablature, between the ARCHITRAVE and the cornice, usually decorated but may be plain GABLE: the triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof corresponding to a pediment in classical architecture HOGYO ...
Classical architecture - Different from other types of architecture because everything was symmetrical from the doors to the windows and to the decorations. Classical architecture is also known for the elegant foundations and figures.
Classical Architecture - Form of style devised by the Greeks and Romans and revived during the Renaissance.
Classical Orders - Three main styles in the design of a column and its entablature: Corinthian, Ionic, Doric.
Greek and Roman influences have given the neoclassical house plan an air of elegance and beauty, and a reflection of classical architecture.
Also known as Classical Revival, or Academic Classicism, the Beaux Arts style combines classical architecture from ancient Greece and Rome with Renaissance ideas.
Neoclassical, or "new" classical, architecture describes buildings that are inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
Pediment - 1. In classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable end of a roof above the horizontal cornice. 2. An ornamental gable, usually triangular, above a door or window.
Cella - the inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture
Chalcidicum - in Roman architecture, the vestibule or portico of a public building opening on to the forum, as in the basilica of Eumactria at Pompeii, ...
Doric
The earliest of the orders of classical architecture.
Drum
A cylindrical or polygonal wall which supports a dome. Also called a tambour. Also used to describe the cylindrical sections of stone that make up the shaft of a column.
Corinthian column - In classical architecture, a column decorated at the top with a mixed bag of curlicues, scrolls and other lavish ormanentation.
In classical architecture and sculpture, the molding is often carved in marble or other stones. A decorative band of varied contour, used to trim structural members, wall planes, and openings.
entasis - slight convex curve applied to columns in Classical architecture to counter the illusion that would otherwise occur of the columns being slightly concave.
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Decoration formed by making parallel, concave grooves. In classical architecture they are commonly seen on column shafts and run in a vertical direction.
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Column - A vertical structural member, circular in section. In Classical architecture it consists of a base, shaft and capital (q.v.) and carried an entablature.
A vertical member, circular in section, and normally with a gentle taper that supports a load. In classical architecture, it is composed of a base, shaft and capital.
Cornice ...
Cyma Recta
Cyma recta has a concave curve over a convex curve. It is essentially a cavetto over an ovolo and was traditionally used in Classical architecture in the cornice and architrave.
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