Greek Temple parts | ||
#1 | triangular cap to a temple | pediment |
#2 | base of the temple | stylobate |
#3 | most sculptural part of the temple, second of the horizontal bands above the columns | frieze |
#4 | shift from the frieze to the pediment on a temple | cornice |
#5 | first of the horizontal bands above the columns | architrave |
vocab1 | ||
#1 | cave like space in a garden | grotto |
#2 | central most location in a Frank Lloyd Wright home | hearth |
#3 | How is Hagia Sophia circular dome supported by 4 piers? | pendentives |
#4 | floor one level up from ground level, where most important functions located | piano nobile |
#5 | tour one would take after their formal education to visit the antiquities of Greece and Classical Roman empire | Grand Tour |
optical adjustments in Greek temples | ||
#1 | vocab word for the bulge in column | entasis |
#2 | vocab word for the spacing between columns | intercolumniation |
#3 | How is the stylobate adjusted? | stylobate curved UP |
#4 | Where are the columns closer in a Greek Temple? | corners |
#5 | Why are the columns closer at corners? | NOT for structural reasons, optical reasons because light comes through at the corners visually dematerializing corner of the temple |
vocab2 | ||
#1 | column in the shape of a woman | caraytid |
#2 | spirit in Egyptian culture | ka |
#3 | by proclomation of the President only, declaring land as a national monument for historic or scientific purposes | Antiquities Act |
#4 | ecozone between water (river or stream) and land | Riparian |
#5 | Italian for canopy | Baldachino |
potpourri | ||
#1 | large house in rural area | villa |
#2 | large house in urban area | palazzo |
#3 | garden designers imitating paintings | picturesque |
#4 | optical manipulation appearing as if items are either closer or farther away | foreshortening |
#5 | 2 distinguishing items defining the Corinthian capital | acanthus leaves and volutes |
Final Question | |
name two styles coined/named by FLW | Prairie Style and Usonian |