APAH - Unfamiliar Vocab

The lintel or beam that rests on top of the capitals of columns.

An adjective used to describe forms that resemble or suggest shapes found in nature.

A beam or structure that is anchored at one end and projects horizontally beyond its vertical support into space.

A column carved to represent a woman.

A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet at an arch.

A vaulted space in a church usually located under the arch.

In Classical architecture, the part of a building above the columns and below the roof.

Formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles.

The application of thick layers of paint.

A graphic technique in which the design is incised, or scratched onto a metal plate, either manually or chemically.

The French fascination with all things Japanese. They were enthralled with the use of bold contour lines, flat areas of color, and cropped edges in Japanese woodblock prints.

The painted or sculpted lower portion of an altarpiece that relates to the subjects of the upper portion.

A pair of truncated, pyramidal towers flanking the entrance to an Egyptian temple.

An ordinary object that, when an artist gives it a new context and title, is transformed into an art object.

A technique in which a relief is formed on the front by hammering a metal plate from the back.

Calfskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting.