List of classical architecture terms

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This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.

Contents 1 Building elements 2 Classical orders 3 Types of building 4 See also 5 References

Building elements

• Acroterion
• Arch
• Architrave
• Capital
• Caryatid
• Cella
• Colonnade
• Column
• Cornice
• Crepidoma
• Cupola
• Dome
• Entablature
• Epistyle - see Architrave
• Euthynteria
• Frieze
• Keystone
• Naos - see Cella
• Nave
• Opisthodomos
• Orthostates
• Pediment
• Peristyle
• Pilaster
• Pronaos
• Prostyle
• Sima
• Stylobate
• Vault

Classical orders

• Classical orders
• Composite order
• Corinthian order
• Doric order
• Ionic order
• Tuscan order

Types of building

• Agora
• Amphitheatre
• Odeion
• Orchestra
• Skene
• Stoa
• Theatre
• Tholos
• Treasury

See also

• Classical orders
• Forms in architecture

References

• GrandTradition.net
• John, Michel, ed. "Greek Temple." The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Unabridged Compact ed. 1 vols. Natalie Chapman, 1995.