Opus Tesselatum Term given by Vitruvius to the

intercolumniation the columns of

Marble mosaic pattern used on
ceilings of vaulots and domes.
Opus Mixtum
A type of Roman wall facing with
alternating courses of
brickworks.
Opus Quadratum
a temple, when this was equal to
1 ½ diameters.
Orthostyle
A range of columns placed in
astraight row, as for instance
those of the portico of flanks
of a classic temple.

Diastyle
A type of roman wall facing with
rectangular block with or Term used to designate an
without mortar joints intercolumniation of three or
Systyle four diameters

In the classical orders, this
describes columns rahter thickly
set, with a intercolumniation to
which two diameters are
assigned.
Eustyle
Intercolumniation defined by
Vitruvius as being of the best
proportion, i.e. tow and a
quarter diameter.
Amphi-Prostyle
Diaulos
Peristyle round the great court
of the palaestra, described by
Vitruvius, which measured two
stadia (1,200 ft.) in length, on
the south side this peristyle
had two rows of columns, so that
in stormy weather the rain might
not be driven into the inner
part. The word was also used in
ancient Greece for a foot race
of twice the usual length.

From the Greek temples, a temple

that have porticoes of columns
at the front and rear.

Prostyle Anthemion

Free standing columns that are Also called a ‘Honeysucke’

widely spaced apart in a row. ornament.
The term is often used as an
Agora
adjective when referring to a
portico which projects from the Public buildings are important
main structure. structures in Greek
architecture. What do you call
Pycnostyle
the town square used as center
of Greek social and business Cancelli
life?
The space for the clergy and
Sudatorium choir is separated by a low
screen wall from the body of the
The dry or sweating room in the church called __.
Thermae.
Bema
Atrium House
A raised stage reserved for the
A roman house with a central clegy in early Christian
patio. churches
Tepidarium Naos
The warm room in the Thermae In Greek temples, the equivalent
Calidarium of the crypt is the ___.

Callimachus
The Hot Room of the Thermae.

Thalamus Conceptualized the Corinthian

capital
The sleeping room of the megaron
Columnar trabeated
Balneum
Greek architecture was
A small private bath found in essentially...
Roman houses or palaces.
Cavetto
Apotheca
A concave molding approximately
In ancient Greece and Rome, a quarter round.
storeroom of any kind, but
especially for storing wine.

Cortel
Niche
The open court in an Italian
Palazzo. A recess in a wall (interior or
Bouleuterion exterior), especially for a
statue and usually curved at the
The council house in Greece. back

Stoa Flying buttress

An ancient Greek Portico, a long The characteristic of Gothic

colonnaded shelter used in architecture is the
public places.
Arch and vault
With the use of concrete made
possible by pozzolan, native
natural cement, the Romans
achieved huge interiors with
the….
Tower-like structure usually
associated with mosques or other
religious buildings.
Antefix

Marble An upright ornament at the eaves

Romanesque architecture in Italy
is distinguished from that of
the rest of Europe by the use of
what material for facing walls.
Stone
The Nile River is the longest
river in the world, stretching
north for approximately 4,000
miles from East Africa to the
Mediterranean. What material was
used for the construction of the
Pyramids?
of a tile roof, concealing the
foot of a row of convex tiles
that cover the joints of the
flat tiles.
Menhir
A monument type that defines
exterior space. Its a singular
solitaire upright stone.
Monolithic type of megalithic
structure

Pointed arch

In Indian, architecture, which

of the following is not a
characteristic feature?

Complementary

What do you call those hues,

which lie opposite each other in
a color wheel?

Columnar and trabeated style

Egyptian monumental architecture

is essentially

Tabernacle

A decorative niche often topped

with a canapoy and housing a
statue

Minaret