VOCABULARY LISTS
These lists are words related to each site in the course. You
should be able to define each of the words on these lists.
Stonehenge Page
- sarsen
- bluestone
- lintel
- trilith
- Neolithic
- Bronze Age
Pyramids Page
- pyramid
- mastaba
- Sphinx
- corbel vault
- batter
- masonry
- sarcophagus
- mortuary temple
- Imhotep
- ashlar
Tikal Page
- Mayan
- axis
- hieroglyph
- ball court
- roof-comb (cresteria)
- stela
- Teotihuacan
- Popol Vuh
- Hero Twins
- Curl Nose
- Stormy Sky
- Ah Cacau
Acropolis Page
- Doric order
- Ionic order
- Corinthian order
- abacus
- architrave
- Athena
- capital
- caryatid
- column
- cornice
- dentil
- echinus
- entablature
- fluting
- frieze
- metope
- pediment
- portico
- propylaeum
- shaft
- trabeated
Roman Baths Page
- thermae
- palestra
- caledarium
- tepidarium
- frigidarium
- natatio
- apodyteria
- arch
- centering
- formwork
- voussoir
- barrel vault
- groin vault
St. Gall Page
- monastery
- basilica
- St. Benedict
- nave
- apse
- cloister
- westwork
- dormitory
- refectory
Chartres Page
- Abbot Suger
- ambulatory
- arcade
- cathedral
- chapel
- clerestory
- crossing
- flying buttress
- pier
- pointed arch
- portal
- rib vault
- rose window
- transept
- triforium
- tympanum
Masjid-i Shah Page
- mihrab
- qibla wall
- iwan
- madrasa
- muqarnas
- Shah Abbas
- maidan
- minaret
- mosque
Pienza Page
- Alberti
- cornice
- palazzo
- piazza
- pilaster
- Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)
- Rossellino
- rustication
Forbidden City Page
- Ming Dynasty
- Yung Lo
- feng shui
- cantilever
- tou-kung
Katsura Imperial Villa Page
- shoin
- sukiya
- tatami
- tokonoma
- Prince Toshihito
- Sen no Rikyu
Brighton Pavilion Page
- John Nash
- chinoiserie
- picturesque
- Pavilion
- saloon
Guggenheim Bilbao Page
- Frank LloydWright
- Frank Gehry
- Modernism
- Post-modernism
- CAD
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