parthenon construction

Doric

creates sense of weight, masculinity and power.

Entasis

Bulging from centre to base of columns, creates dynamism and weight

Frieze

Decorative horizontal band running along the top of a wall inside or outside

Peripteral style

single row of columns surrounding the entire building

Post and lintel

vertical posts supporting a horizontal beam.

Triglyphs

Vertically channeled tablets on the frieze of Doric temples

Metopes

rectangular space between the triglyphs sometimes containing reliefs

Relief

The level of which a sculpture projects from its background

Stylobate

The platform which columns are placed

Capitol

The flared topmost part of the column

Architrave

Lowest main supporting horizontal beam of the entablature resting directly upon the capitols of the columns.

abacus

Slab forming the topmost part of the capitol, supporting surface connecting the column to the entablature

Entablature

Horizontal structure resting on the capitols of the columns to support the roof

Doric column

Fluted column with no base, drops directly onto stylobate

Cornice

decorative mouldings that crown a building.

Cella

Room at the centre of a temple containing the dedicated deity’s statue

Pediment

Triangular gable of the temples roof

Colonnade

Structural sequence of columns, typically supporting an entablature