Downtown San Antonio G.T. Field Trip

Downtown San Antonio G.T. Field Trip Lesson

​A window built to project outward from an outside wall

​​Bay Window

​An overhead roof or a structure over which metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter from weather conditions.

​​Canopy

​A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.

​Any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture element.

​​Cornice

​​Cartouche

​The most ornate of the three main orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate flared capital decorated with acanthus leaves.

​The simplest of the Classical Greek orders. The columns have a capital made of a circle topped by a square. The shaft of the column is plain and has 20 sides.

​​Doric Column

​​Corinthian Column

​A wedge-shaped stone piece at the apex of a masonry arch. It is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight.

​An architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.

​​Buttress

​​Keystone

​A type of roof having two slopes on every side, the lower slope being considerably steeper than the upper.

​A cylindrical type of bay window in an upper story, supported from below by projecting corbels, or brackets of stone or wood.

​​Oriel Window

​​Mansard Roof

​A low wall projecting from the

edge of a platform, terrace,

or roof. Parapets may rise

above the cornice of a building

or form the upper portion of

a defensive wall on a castle.

​A type of decorative framework consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter.

​​Quatrefoil

​​Parapet

​Ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window.

​A small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle.

​​Turret

​​Tracery

Also called wheel window. in Gothic architecture, it is a decorated circular window which is often glazed with stained glass.

A high and narrow window with an acutely pointed head.

​​Lancet Window

​​Rose Window

The external angle or corner of a building and, more often, one of the stones used to form that angle. These cornerstones are both decorative and structural.

A semicircular arch.

​​Roman Arch

​​Quoins

The thinnest and smallest columns of the three Classical orders. The Ionic capital is characterized by the use of volutes.

A building front with many architectural details.

​​Impressive Facade

​​Ionic Column

Characteristics include a pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress.

Generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

​​Gable

​​Gothic Arch

The shallow grooves running vertically along a surface.

A small ornamental piece on the top of a sculptured architectural ornament.

​​Finial

​​Fluting

A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features.

A railing supported by balusters, especially an ornamental parapet on a balcony, bridge, or terrace.

​​Balustrade

​​Baluster

Multiple Choice

Which architectural element below is a keystone?

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Which architectural element below is fluting?

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Which architectural element below is a gable?

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Which architectural element below is a quatrefoil?

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Which architectural element below is a quatrefoil?

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Which architectural element below is a finial?

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Which architectural element below is a façade?

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Which architectural element below is a gothic arch?

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Which architectural element below is a ionic column?

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Which architectural element below is a rose window?

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Which architectural element below is a roman arch?

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Which architectural element below is a lancet window?

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Which architectural element below is quoins?

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Which architectural element below is turret?

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Which architectural element below is a parapet?

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Which architectural element below is a oriel window?

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Which architectural element below is tracery?

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Which architectural element below is a Mansard Roof?

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Which architectural element below is a Corinthian

Column?

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Which architectural element below is a Buttress?

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Which architectural element below is a Doric

Column?

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Which architectural element below is a bay window?

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Which architectural element below is a canopy?

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Which architectural element below is a cornice?

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Which architectural element below is a cartouche?

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Which architectural element below is a balustrade?

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Which architectural element below is a baluster?

Open Ended

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We promise to show G.T. scholarly habits on our G.T. field trip to downtown San Antonio.