greek architecture
71Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture Gothic Architecture † …
72Roman architecture — The Architecture of Ancient Rome adopted the external Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one body of classical… …
73RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE — The time after the Middle Ages, from around 1400 to 1600, can be characterized as an age when the classical world of Ancient Greece and Rome enjoyed a renewed and broad based popularity. Thus, in the mid 19th century, the term Renaissance was… …
74Mathematics and architecture — have always been close, not only because architecture depends on developments in mathematics, but also their shared search for order and beauty, the former in nature and the latter in construction. Mathematics is indispensable to the… …
75ANCIENT ROMAN ARCHITECTURE — Ancient Romans are traditionally known for the creation of an architectural style founded on Greek models, but it had to accommodate a larger population and denser urban society as well as a much larger empire. As a result, Roman architecture… …
76classical architecture — noun architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans • Syn: ↑Greco Roman architecture • Members of this Topic: ↑cyma, ↑cymatium • Hypernyms: ↑architectural style, ↑style of architecture, ↑ …
77Metope (architecture) — Metope from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. In classical architecture, a metope (μετόπη) is a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze …
78Diaulos (architecture) — For other uses, see Diaulos Diaulos, in ancient Greek architecture, was a peristyle round the great court of the palaestra, described by Vitruvius, which measured two stadia (1,200 ft.) in length, on the south side this peristyle had two rows of… …
79Mycenaean Revival architecture — The National Bank of Greece building in Nafplion. Mycenaean Revival is a rare revival architectural style developed as part of the 20th century neoclassicist architectural revival in Greece. [1] The National Bank of Greece in …
80Greco-Roman architecture — noun architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans • Syn: ↑classical architecture • Members of this Topic: ↑cyma, ↑cymatium • Hypernyms: ↑architectural style, ↑style of architecture, ↑ …
