classics test
What is a capital
The top of a column
What is a colonnade?
an open air covered walkway supported by columns
what are volutes?
a capital of a column in the form of a spiral scroll
How do they make the temples look rich?
make them big and fancy
What is a frieze
a strip of marble, below the pediment that can either be continuous or split into metopes dependent on the order of the temple. This area can be filled with sculpture or left blank. There are two types, Doric and Ionic
What is a metope?
a square space on a Doric Frieze, between triglyphs. This area can be filled with sculpture or left blank.
What is a triglyph
a tablet, with three vertical grooves that splits a Doric Frieze into metopes
What is the pediment
a triangular space just below the cornice at either end of a Greek temple and at the front of a Roman temple. Could be decorated with sculpture or left blank
What are the three different types of temples
Ionic, Doric and Corinthian
What is an Ionic temple
Volutes for capitals, continuous frieze, no metopes and fancier bases to coloumns
What is a corinthian temple
sculpted capitals
What is a doric temple
simple capitals and the frieze is split into metopes