Achievement
In heraldry, a complete display of armorial bearings of arms. See hatchment also.
Acroterion.
Other Achievements of Sir Christopher Wren:
Knighted in 1673
Founded the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge in 1680. Served as president from 1680 to 1682.
Achievement
- the total composition of shield and all other associated parts.
see Armorial panels ...
artistic achievement, quality, or workmanship.
autotelism
a nonutilitarian theory of art holding that a work of art is an end in itself. — autotelic, adj.
One of the achievements of Bengali building was its translation of traditional bamboo and thatch architecture into more permanent stone and brick forms. One of the best examples of this is the use of curved roofs from the sixteenth century onwards.
Through Wren's achievements, an English national style was established, and he was knighted for his architectural accomplishments. Wren's interpretation of the high Baroque style supplanted excessive ornamentalizing with classic Palladianism.
ACHIEVEMENT: a complete armorial device including besides a shield, perhaps a helm, crest, wreath supporters and motto, etc. AISLE: a lateral division of a nave, chancel or transept, separated off by an arcade.
Achievement A combination of shield, helmet, crest etc.
Adorsed When animals and other changes are positioned on a shield back to back (also endorsed, indorsed)
Affronty When a charge is shown facing the front. E.g.
This is an admirable statement of the fundamental structural element in Gothic architecture, but, carried away by enthusiasm for the crowning achievement of the human intellect in the domain of construction, ...
The Colosseum is one of the most famous architectural achievements of ancient Rome. The Colosseum is an elliptical building made to hold 50,000 spectators for sporting and theatrical events.
Spanish Neoclassicism counted with the figure of Juan de Villanueva, who adapted Burke's achievements about the sublime and the beauty to the requirements of Spanish clime and history.
Thus there exists a vast heritage of glorious achievements for us to share in. Let us then make haste and get back to the state of tranquility which was set before us in the beginning as the mark for us to aim at.
Built centuries ago, they are still known as one of the world's best architectural achievements.
Classic, Classical, and Classicism, terms describing the style, historical period, or quality of a work of art, literature, or music; the terms originally were associated with the aesthetic achievements of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
Accumulator towerA tower housing a hydraulic accumulator which accommodates fluctuations in the flow through hydraulic mains.AchievementIn heraldry, a complete display of armorial bearings.Acroterion (plural: acroteria) ...
The Pazzi Chapel, built within the complex of the Franciscan church of Santa Croce, was long regarded as one of Brunelleschi's unquestioned masterpieces, a mature work reflecting a lifetime of learning and achievement.
The stark, confrontational approach of modernism has been replaced by a more inclusive sense of the architectural heritage that acknowledges and seeks to preserve the very finest achievements of every period.
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