Taenia
A narrow horizontal band in the Doric entablature, located at the top of the architrave immediately below the frieze.
Architecture
Triglyph
A vertically grooved block in the frieze of the Doric order, alternating with metopes.
Dôme
French for dome: a curved architectural vault or roof spanning a circular, polygonal, or sometimes square space.
Tympanum
The enclosed wall or panel surface within a pediment, or the corresponding field over a doorway bounded by an arch and lintel.
Dorique
French for Doric, the classical architectural order characterized by robust proportions and a comparatively restrained ornamental vocabulary.
Architectural Terms
The specialized vocabulary used to identify and describe the structural, proportional, and ornamental parts of architecture.
Architrave
The lowest horizontal member of the classical entablature, resting directly on the capitals of columns.
Art Deco
The inter-war style of geometric, stylized sculptural decoration exemplified by the 1925 Paris Exposition and the great architectural carving programs of the 1930s.
Art Nouveau
The 1890s–1910s movement of organic, flowing sculptural ornament derived from natural forms; anti-classical in program but rooted in Gothic and medieval carving traditions.
Atlante
A male figure used in place of a column to support an entablature or cornice; the male counterpart of the caryatid. Plural: atlanti.