List of classical architecture terms

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Contents 1 Building elements 2 Classical orders 3 Types of building 4 See also 5 References

This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.

[edit] Building elements

• Acroterion - ornament mounted at the apex of the pediment of a building
• Aedicule
• Apollarium
• Aegis
• Apse
• Arch
• Architrave
• Archivolt
• Ante-Fixae
• Amphiprostyle
• Capital
• Caryatid
• Cella
• Coffer
• Colonnade
• Column
• Cornice
• Crepidoma
• Crocket
• Cupola
• Decastyle
• Dome
• Eisodos
• Entablature
• Epistyle - see Architrave
• Euthynteria
• Exedra
• Frieze
• Gutta
• Imbrex and tegula - interlocking roof tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture
• Keystone
• Metope (architecture)
• Naos - see Cella
• Nave
• Opisthodomos
• Ornament (architecture)
• Orthostates
• Pediment
• Peristyle
• Pilaster
• Plinth
• Pronaos
• Prostyle
• Rustication (architecture)
• Suspensura
• Term (architecture)
• Tracery
• Triglyph
• Sima
• Stylobate
• Volute

[edit] Classical orders

• Classical orders
• Composite order
• Corinthian order
• Doric order
• Ionic order
• Tuscan order

[edit] Types of building

• Agora
• Amphitheatre
• Heroon
• Odeion
• Orchestra
• Skene
• Stoa
• Theatre
• Tholos
• Treasury

[edit] See also

• Architectural glossary
• Classical orders
• Forms in architecture

[edit] References

• GrandTradition.net
• "Greek Temple." The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Unabridged Compact ed. 1995. ISBN 0-02-860810-0