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Down: 1) large stone or block laid at the corner of the building (or at the opening) used either for reinforcement of the triangle or the ornament2) A half-cylindrical vault, semicircular or pointed in cross-section; also called a half tunnel3) One of the five Classical Orders; favored in late Roman architecture. On the capital, large conjoined ionic volutes are combined with the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian order4) a semicircular, polygonal, or rectangular extension at the end of a roman basilica or a Christian church 5) Masonry with massive, strongly textures or rough-hewn blocks and sharply sunk joints, distinguishing from smooth ashlar 6) a continuous, projecting horizontal course of masonry, usually molded, running along the surface of the wall, to make an architectural subdivision 7) an inverted, concave, triangular piece of masonry serving as the transition from a square support system to the circular base of a dome9) The most richly embellished of the three orders developed by the Greeks, with a tall capital composed of a bell-shaped core enveloped by layers of acanthus leaves10) building stone that has been squared and finished, and the masonry constructed of such blocks11) columns or pilasters that rise through several stories; also called a giant order12) the uppermost, projecting portion of an entablature; also the crowning horizontal molding of a building or wall15) a passage or corridor parallel to the nave of the church or an ancient basilica and separated from it by columns or piers17)  a column attached to or appearing to be partly embedded within a wall21) the Italian term for courtyard, the enclosed space within a building, commonly surrounded by a covered ambulatory defined by columns or piers23) A structural device, curved in shape, to span an opening by means of wedge shaped bricks or stones (voussoirs) that support each other by exerting mutual pressure and that are buttresses at the sides Across: 8) a plant in the Mediterranean region, whose serrated leaves were copied in stone to ornament Corinthian and Composite capitals; used to decorate moldings and friezes13) Awesome14) the central, longitudinal space of a basilican church, separated from the aisles or from side chapels, and extending from the main entrance to the transept or to the apse16) The part of a classical temple above the columns, having an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice18) an arcade supported by piers of columns, open on one side at least; either part of a building (as a porch) or a separate structure 19) the space between adjacent columns in a colonnade, frequently determined by some multiple of the diameter of the column itself20) a triangular space formed by the raking cornices (sloping sides) and horizontal cornice of a gabled temple; also used above a door or window. If the apex or base is split it is described as broken 22) a horizontal band, sometimes painted or decorated with sculptor or moldings. It may run along the upper portion of a wall just beneath a cornice or it may be part of a classical entablature that lies between the architrave and cornice. A Doric Frieze is composed of alternating triglyphs and metotypes; an Ionic frieze often has continuous relief sculptor24) the column and entablature developed on mainland Greece; the fluted columnar shaft is without a base; its capital is an abacus above a simple cushion like molding. The entablature has a plain architrave, a frieze composed of metopes and triglyphs, and a cornice with projecting blocks. In Roman Doric, the column is slimmer than the Greek prototype, is unfluted, and stands on a low base; the capital is smaller25) One of the five classical orders, characterized by a scroll shaped (volute) capital element, the presence of dentils on the cornice, and a frieze that might contain continuous relief ornament
 

 

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