GLOSSARY

Apse

a recess, usually semi-circular, projecting from an external
wall.

Arcade

a long arched gallery or veranda, often open at only one
side, formed by a series of arches supported by columns
or piers.

Arch

curved structure over opening.

Art Deco

style in art and architecture popular in the 1920s and
’30s that drew inspiration from industrial elements.

Baroque

style of architecture in 16th- and 17th-century Europe
which grew out of Renaissance Mannerism and
evolved into the Rococo; typified by theatricality and an
exuberance of plan and decoration.

Buttress

projecting wall support.

Byzantine

style associated with the Byzantine Empire (306–1453 CE).

Capital

head or top-most part of a column or pillar, often
ornamental.

Chancel

the part of a church that contains the altar and sanctuary
and often the choir.

Choir

in larger churches, the place reserved for the choir or
singers, sometimes screened.

Colonnade

row of columns (similar to an arcade).

Column

a supporting element, always round in shape.

Corinthian order

the third of the Greek orders and fourth of the Roman;
decorative, slender and elegant with two rows of
acanthus leaves sprouting volutes or small scrolls.

Cottage-ornée

small dwelling in a park or the countryside, often
asymmetrical and invariably picturesque.

Cupola

small dome.

Dome

a vaulted circular roof or ceiling.

Doric order

Classical order of architecture with distinct Greek and
Roman varieties; simple in style, the Roman is less squat
looking than the Greek, always fluted but invariably
without a base.

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