History of Architecture Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• pediments: a triangular or rectangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture or neoclassical architecture.
• cornices: the decorated projection at the top of a wall provided to protect the wall face or to ornament and finish the eaves.
• vaulted roofs: any ceiling that angles up toward the roof to extend higher than the standard eight- to ten-foot height of average flat ceilings.
• corinthian order: this is the most ornamented classical order. the capital at the top of the columns have carved leaves of the acanthus plant.
• colonnade: a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.
• stepped gables: a design for a building's triangular gable end. it takes the form of a stair-step pattern at the top.
• doric order: this column has a simple capital that resembles a cushion of stone.
• ionic order: the capital of this column type has ear-like projections called volutes. these are the most distinctive features of this order.
• pointed arches: a pointed arch, ogival arch, or gothic arch is an arch with a pointed crown, whose two curving sides meet at a relatively sharp angle at the top of the arch.
• flying buttresses: free standing column-like buttresses connected to the walls and to each other by a grid of stone.
• capital: proper name for the top part (stone heads) of the columns.
• portico: a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.
• hemispherical domes: structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof.
• piers: an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge.