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IDES 310 Rome – Vocabulary Terms

1. Tuscan order

2. Aqueducts

3. Roman arch

4. springing

5. Voussoir

6. keystone

7. Centering

8. Arcade

9. Thrust

10. Barrel vault

11. Groin vault

12. Dome

13. Ashlar

14. Concrete

15. amphitheaters

16. Colosseum in Rome

17. vomitoriun

18. Cantilevers

19. Roman baths

20. Hypocausts

21. Tepidarium

22. Caldarium

23. Laconicum

24. Frigidarium

25. Baths of Caracalla

26. Diocletian

27. Roman temple (use)

28. cella

29. Maison Carrée at Nîmes

30. Composite Order

31. Pilasters

32. Coffered vault

33. Niche

34. Apses

35. Pantheon (Rome)

36. Pediment

37. Attic

38. Oculus

39. Rotunda

40. Roman Basilica

41. Nave

42. Pompeii

43. Herculaneum

44. Mosaics

45. Atrium

46. Impluvium

47. Tablinum

48. Triclinium

49. House of Vettii

50. Fresco

51. Wainscot

52. Panels

53. Trompe-l’oeil

54. Furnishings:

a. Tables

b. Stools

c. Cabinets

d. Carved stone throne

e. Bed/couch

f. Wicker chair

55. Roman Orders of Architecture

a. Ionic

b. Corinthian

c. Tuscan

d. Doric

e. Composite

56. De Achitectura Marcus Vitruvius Pollio