ARCH- ANTIQUITY CARDS

Vitruvius published

• De Architectura (10 Books on Architecture) considered 

Most famous 3 buildings in Antiquity

Parthenon = Ancient Greece and the Pantheon = Ancient Rome

What are the three greek orders?

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

Doric

The oldest and simplest of the three classical Greek architectural orders, characterized by sturdy columns with plain capitals and no base. FUNCTION

Ionic

A classical Greek architectural order known for its elegant, slender columns with scroll-shaped capitals and a base, often used in more decorative architecture. ACADEMIA

Corinthian

Luxury, Grandier

Shaft

is the middle long cylindrical part

Flute

or fluting is the grooves running vertically on a shaft

Arris

is the edge of the flutes

Capital

is the crowning part of the column

Entasis

is the swelling of the shaft (WHY: So the lines would look parallel, so it looks taller, and to cover up obvious mistakes, represents the human body)

Volute

is the scroll like ornaments on the capitals of IONIC columns

Acanthus Leaves

 is used in corinthian

The Italic Order

• Tuscan > Doric

• Ionic and Corinthian > Composite

If Architecture is before 0 it’s probably:

Greece

If Architecture is after 0 it’s probably:

Roman

Composite

Ionic + Corinthians

Superposed orders:

•  Combining orders typically for large structures to reduce redundancy (you have to go up in floor level by sequence of order)

Pilaster or Engaged Column

An encased column that is partially attached to a wall and may be rectangular or circular in profile

Trabeation:

• The use of post and lintel construction (column and a piece running across to connect the columns

Arcuation

• Construction system based on arches and vaults

Roman architecture is:

• More ornate and technologically advanced

Components of an arch: (hint: BRODY…S)

• Keystone: Center of the top arch

• Voussoir: Tapered stones comprising an arch

• Springer: The lowest voussoirs of an arch

Components of entablature: (Architecture Freezes corn try me)

• Architrave: Lowest band

• Frieze: Middle band of the entablature (ribbon)

• Cornice: Uppermost part of the crown of the roofline

• Triglyph: Separator of the pattern

• Metope: Art in between the separators 

Pediment:

Wide structure resembling a low pitched gable (PEDISTlE)

Poche:

The abstract representation of solidity in architectural drawings often filled with a hatch pattern or a solid shade

Sophia:

Study of Knowledge

Stil

Row of columns in the front of a building

What is this?

Quatrefoil, Byzantium Era

What is this and who made it?

Bramante, Tempieto

Example of a Doric Building:

Temple Of Hercules