Classical Architecture

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