vocab | ||
#1 | splaying of the column at the top, a structural innovation | capital |
#2 | object of significance in a religion | reliquary |
#3 | column engaged with the wall | pilaster |
#4 | large rock outcrop in Athens, where the most sacred monuments were located | Acropolis |
#5 | the diagonal path cutting through the Athenian Agora | Panathenaic Procession |
Egyptian culture | ||
#1 | the major north/south axis in the Egyptian geography | River Nile |
#2 | spirit in Egptian culture, related to the belief in an afterlife | ka |
#3 | Upper Egypt is characterized by this geopraphy | mountainous and rugged, upper banks of Nile |
#4 | general name given to the 2 early civilizations centered around Mediterranean Sea | fertile crescent |
#5 | the device the deciphered hieroglyphics | Rosetta stone |
Gothic/Christian vocabulary | ||
#1 | most hierarchical part of the church, where the altar is located | apse |
#2 | the central aisle of the church, where the congregation is located | nave |
#3 | the crossing arm to the cathedral | transept |
#4 | the aisles on the side of the central nave | side aisles |
#5 | the entry to the cathedral, facing west | westworks |
Egyptian vocab | ||
#1 | tall thin tapered stone | obelisk |
#2 | gateway to the temple, the entry | pylon |
#3 | a space filled with columns, a structural limitation for the Egyptians | hypostyle hall |
#4 | spaces decreasing in width and/or height | telescoping |
#5 | the most sacred place in the Egyptian temples | sanctuary |
Greek vocab | ||
#1 | must public space in the Classical Greek culture | agora |
#2 | a row of columns (separating interior and exterior space), the marketplace | stoa |
#3 | quality to be three dimensional | plasticity |
#4 | sacred precinct in Greek | temenos |
#5 | spirit of the place | genius loci |
Final Question | |