Architecture

Architectural Terms and Concepts

Plan:

Section:

Elevation:

Gable:

Façade:

Parts of a Greek Temple

Naos (or cella):

Pronaos:

Opisthodomos:

Where the Columns Are

Colonnade:

Prostyle:

Amphiprostyle:

Peristyle:

 

Greek Temple: Columns, Entablature, and Roof

Atlantid/Caryatid:

Entasis:

Stylobate:

Stereobate:

Flutes:

Capital:

Volutes:

Entablature:

Architrave:

Frieze:

Metope:

Triglyph:

Cornice:

Raking Cornice:

Pediment:

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