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Classic Architectural Vocabulary (2023)

abacus
arch spring point
architrave
base
brick voussoirs
capital
classical architecture
column
column shaft torus
Composite
Corinthian
Corinthian order
cornice
Doric
Doric order
echinus
entablature
entasis
five classical orders
five orders
Flemish bond header
Flemish bond stretcher
frieze
impost
intercolumniation
Ionic
Ionic order
keystone
light
meeting rail
metope
muntin
mutule
necking annulet
pane
plinth
Roman arch
scotia
triglyph
Tuscan

Source Citation

National Endowment for the Humanities, “Classical Architectural Vocabulary,” http://edsitement.neh.gov. Last accessed December 29, 2023.

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