List of classical architecture terms
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This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.
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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
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Classical orders
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Types of building
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See also
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References
- GrandTradition.net
- John, Michel, ed. "Greek Temple." The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Unabridged Compact ed. 1 vols. Natalie Chapman, 1995.