ARCH 412 Map + Vocab Quiz

1.

Turkey

2.

France

3.

Germany

4.

Greece

5.

Sicily

6.

Italy

7.

Serbia

8.

Spain

9.

England

10.

Maghreb

11.

Arabian Peninsula

12*

Athens

13*

Thessaloniki

14*

Constantinople/Instanbul

15*

Jerusalem

16*

Paris

17*

Ravenna

18*

Rome

19*

Venice

20*

London

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Adriatic Sea

22-

Aegean Sea

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North Sea

24-

Black Sea

25-

Mediterranean Sea

26-

Byzantine Empire

Ambulatory

Semicircular/polygonal circulation spaces enclosing an apse of straight ended sanctuary

Apse

Semicircular/polygonal extensions off a large space

Archivolt

Molded/decorated bands around an arch

Atrium

colonnaded courtyard at the front or interior of a building

Barrel Vault

Vaults of plain semicircular cross section supported by parallel walls or arcades

Basilica

building characterized by an oblong plan, usually ending in an apse at one or more sides, can be a secular or religious building

Bay

repeated, similar divisions or compartments of a building or part of a building, as defined by recurring architectural features, such as arches, vaults, openings, or pilasters

Clerestory

Upper zone of walls rising above adjacent roofs and pierced by windows so as to admit light to a high central room or space flanked by lower rooms or spaces

Coffer

Recessed panels – usually square or octagonal – set into ceilings, vaults, or soffits (the underside of an arch)

Column

cylindrical or slightly tapering, vertical members made to either give support or to appear to give support. They usually comprise three sections: base, capital, and shaft

Course

Layers of masonry (Stones, bricks, etc) running horizontally in a wall or, less commonly, curved over an arch

Elevation

Drawing showing the vertical elements of a building, either exterior or interior, as a direct projection to a vertical plane

Entablature

elaborated superstructure carried by the columns in classical architecture, horizontally divided into architrave, frieze, and cornice. Use also for similar features in other contexts, such as along the upper portions of walls

Gable

Vertical triangular portions of the ends of buildings having double-sloping roofs

Joint

point of meeting of two walls, etc. Can be bonded (pieces interlaced) or unbonded (the pieces remain separate and abut each other, called a ‘butt joint’)

Molding

Long, regular channel or projection used for finishing and decorative purposes

Nave

main central part of an interior divided into a high center with lower side portions divided by columns or piers, usually but not always in a church; used predominantly by the laity

Pier

solid support of masonry or another material designed to sustain vertical pressure,;for cylindrical uprights, the term "column” is more often appropriate; for wooden uprights square in cross-section, "posts" may be more appropriate

Plan

diagrams of any object, made by projection upon a horizontal plane, showing the relationship of its parts

Plinth

Rectangular or square supporting element or lower block, as for columns, pilasters, or door framing; also solid monumental bases, often ornamented, used to support statues or memorials. For the bases of external walls or the platform-like base courses of buildings, use "plinth courses”.

Respond

support, usually pilaster or colonnette, engaged to a wall, that carries one end of an arch, a groin, or a vault rib

Rib

Projecting band, usually of masonry, that supports or decorates domes or vaults

Section

Orthographic drawing of a building, object, or site as if cut through and exposed at one specific plane

Transept

Transverse arm of cruciform churches

Voussoir

Masonry unit that forms an arch or vault (several [term]s make up the archivolt, etc)