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- Corinthium column
- A Greek column with ornate decoration on the capital and a shaft that resembles the Ionic column.
- Buttress
- This is a support structure built against a wall to help reduce the pressure exerted on the wall from the weight of an arch, vault, or ceiling.
- Modeling
- This is an additive sculpting process associated with building and shaping a soft pliable material into a form. A sculptor uses media such as clay, wax, or plaster.
- Assemblage
- This is a sculpting process that combines a variety of materials or objects to create a sculpture. Techniques could include welding, glueing, sewing, or otherwise fastening pieces together.
- Portrait bust
- This is a sculpture of a person's head, face, neck, and shoulders.
- Dome
- a rounded roof
- Sculpture
- A three-dimensional work of art. This medium occupies space and utilizes components that might include clay, glass, plastic, bronze, metal, stone, wood, and wire. There are two types: sculputure in the round or relief sculpture.
- Relief sculpture
- This is viewed from one side and created on a flat background.
- Sculpture in the round
- This is freestanding work of art that occupies space and can be viewed from all sides.
- Ionic column
- This is a Greek column with short, fluted shafts and scroll-like decorations on its capital.
- Architecture
- This is the planning, designing, and creation of buildings.
- Truss
- This is a framework that is used to help support the construction of a sloped roof.
- Capital
- This is the top of a column.
- Casting
- This is sculpting process where molten metal is poured into a mold and allowed to harden.
- Carving
- This is a sculpting process in which the sculptor cuts, chips, or drills from a solid material. Material is removed until the desired affect is achieved. This method is known as a subtractive process. The most common materials used in carving are wood and stone.
- Armature
- This is an underlying framework that supports a sculpture.
- Arch
- This is a curved support structure that supports the weight of walls and roofs.
- Vault
- This is an arched roof that connects walls.
- Doric column
- This is a Greek column with a simple decoration on the capital.