Parts of Greek Temples Art history Cartes | Quizlet

Stereobate

Two lower steps or platforms of the temple

Stylobate

The uppermost course of the platform of a Greek temple, which supports the columns.

Peristyle

External colonnade on all four sides

Pronaos

The space, or porch, in front of the cella, or naos, of an ancient Greek temple

Naos or Cella

A room with no windows that usually housed the cult statue of the deity

Opisthodomos

Rear porch set against back of cella on greek temples

Antae

The molded projecting ends of the walls forming the pronaos or opisthodomos of an ancient Greek temple

Prostyle

Temple with columns in the front

Amphiprostyle

A classical temple plan in which the columns are placed across both the front and back but not the sides

Peripteral

Single row of columns on all sides

Dipteral

Referring to a temple surrounded by a double range of columns

Hexastyle

A temple with six columns across the front and back

Octastyle

Eight columns in the front or rear of a Greek temple

Doric Order

Simple, heavy columns without a base and topped by a broad, plain capital. Decorative sculpture only appears in the metope and pediment "voids"

Ionic Order

Seems light and airy, much more decorative

Columns are more slender and rise from molded bases

Highly ornamented capitals

Corinthian Order

Most ornate

Slender, fluted columns with leaves and scrolls decoration the capital

Echinus

Lower part of capital which varies in order

Abacus

The flat slab at the top of a capital directly under the entablature

Architrave or Epistyle

Main weightbearing and weight-distributing element of entablature

Frieze

Molded horizontal projection that together with two sloping cornices forms a triangle that enframes the pediment

Triglyph

A triple projecting, grooved member of a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes

Metope

The square panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculpted in relief

Cornice

Projecting crowning member of the entablature framing the pediment

Pediment

Triangular shape at the end of a building, formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade