WORKSHEET # 4 ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY

PAPER #1 - DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

DUE:    September 29, 1998 (Vocabulary sheets)

             October 6, 1998  (Descriptive Paper)

         

Define the following architectural and art terms. Use encyclopedias and dictionaries to provide a definition and then write short descriptions in your own words. You may draw a picture beside the term, if this helps you to remember what it is. This vocabulary is to assist you in writing your one page descriptive paper, due on October 6, 1998.  (Make a copy of your vocabulary list and your finished paper for yourself.) Yes, we know it is a long list, but it is an important list.  Complete it carefully.

 

1.        arcade

 

 

2.        architrave

 

 

3.        Art Deco

 

 

4.        atrium

 

 

5.        Baroque

 

 

6.        bas relief

 

 

7.        basilica

 

 

8.        bay

 

 

9.        Beaux Arts

 

 

10.     blind arcade

 

 

11.     capital

 

 

12.     cartouche

 

 

13.     clerestory

 

 

14.     colonnade

 

 

15.     column

 

 

16.     cornice

 

 

17.     dado

 

 

18.     dentils

 

 

19.     dome

 

 

20.     elevation

 

 

21.     embrasure

 

 

22.     entablature

 

 

23.     fenestration

 

 

24.     frieze

 

 

25.     groin vault

 

 

26.     International Style

 

 

27.     Italianate

 

 

28.     keystone

 

 

29.     lantern

 

 

30.     lintle

 

 

31.     loggia

 

 

32.     lunette

 

 

33.     Mansard roof

 

 

34.     molding

 

 

35.     mullion

 

 

36.     narthex

 

 

37.     nave

 

 

38.     pebbledash

 

 

39.     pediment

 

 

40.     pier

 

 

41.     pilaster

 

 

42.     portico

 

 

43.     raking cornice

 

 

44.     Roman arch

 

 

45.     rusticated

 

 

46.     soffit

 

 

47.     stringcourse

 

 

48.     terra cotta

 

 

49.     turret

 

 

50.     vestibule

 

 

Paper #1 - Description of a Built Environment

 

Using the list above, write a 1 page (double spaced) description of a built environment.  A suggested list of built environments follows. Your paper is to be a description only. You are to use only descriptive terms to tell us what you see. We are not interested in judgements.  We do not care whether you think the building is ugly or pretty, or whether you like or dislike some aspect of the built environment. We want to know what you see and how you describe it and if you use some of the descriptive vocabulary, above.  You may consult other descriptive material, but be cautious to use your language, not theirs.

 

Report out on October 6 for each of the chosen  monuments. 5 min.

 

Suggested list of built environments:

 

The Kress Building                                 Public Services Building

Grove Arcade                                                       Drhumor Building

Asheville City Hall                                         All Souls Church

S &W Cafeteria                                                    St. Lawrence Basilica

Grove Park Inn                                                      Ravenscroft School

Buncombe County Court House                    “My Old Kentucky Home” (Thomas Wolfe’s House0

Biltmore Estate                                                     Scottish Rite Cathedral and Masonic Temple

Zebulon Vance Homeplace                            Loughran Building

Battery Park Hotel (current)                      Trinity Episcopal Church

Battery Park Hotel (old)                                             Castanea Building

The Manor                                                            First Baptist Church

Vanderbilt Hotel

 

We have placed copies of the building photographs on reserve along with an example of descriptions written for some buildings in the downtown historic district.  The reserve folder is titled FYE Descriptive Readings and Images.