Classical Architecture

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Across
  1. 1. A column taking the form of a sculpted female figure
  2. 4. A decorative architectural frame around a door, window, or niche consisting of an entablature and pediment supported by two columns or pilasters:A small room or structure used as a shrine—or a niche for a statue.
  3. 6. A line of columns supporing a roof
  4. 8. A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a Christian church.
  5. 10. Ceiling recesses set in a geometric pattern
  6. 11. A main beam resting across the tops of columns, specifically the lower third entablature.
  7. 13. The substructure of a building; a solid mass of masonry serving as a foundation for a wall or row of columns.
  8. 14. An arch rotated 360 degrees
  9. 16. The triangular face of a roof gable, often filled with sculpture
  10. 18. Vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross-section, and used principally on columns and pilasters
  11. 19. A porch with a roof supported by columns
  12. 20. A structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports
  13. 21. A type of herb leaf that is the distinguishing feature of a Corinthian capital
  14. 23. Vault A series of arches forming a tunnel
  15. 25. A supporting pillar
  16. 26. One of a number of small, rectangular blocks resembling teeth and used as a decoration under the soffit of a cornice.
  17. 27. This order's capital is characterized by the use of volutes. The columns normally stand on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform.
Down
  1. 2. A pipe for conducting water under gravity flow. The term is often applied to the arched structure built to support the pipe across valleys
  2. 3. The central stone of an arch
  3. 5. The almost triangular wall surface, ornamented of unornamented, between major architectural elements such as windows or arches
  4. 6. The most ornate of the orders, characterized by slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls.
  5. 7. The central and sometimes western part of a basilican church
  6. 8. A structure that spans a space and supports a load
  7. 9. In the entablature, a horizontal band of sculpture (Doric has metopes and triglyphs)
  8. 12. A high section of wall that contains windows above eye level.
  9. 15. A rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs
  10. 17. Panel carved into three vertical bands, alternating with the metopes
  11. 22. The top part of a capital on which the object supported rests
  12. 24. The spiral scroll on capitals of Ionic columns
  13. 26. An order characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding.