Attached column
St George's Hall, Liverpool
One that partly merges into a wall or pier.AtticSmall top storey within a roof. Also the storey above the main entablature of a classical faAttic base ...
ENGAGED or ATTACHED COLUMN A column applied to a wall.
ENTABLATURE A horizontal arrangement of architrave, frieze, and cornice that is supported by columns or found on a wall.
FACADE The face or front of a building.
South Porch portal of Moissac: c. 1125/ c.1131; attached columns have figures on top with probably St. Benedict on the left and Abbot Roger on the right.
Maiestas Domini: Christ surrounded by the Apocalyptic Beasts and the 24 Elders ...
Engaged column
A column attached to, or partly sunk into, a wall of pier. Also called an "applied column" or "attached column."
Illustration from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery ...
In architecture, a column that is attached to a wall and which is therefore not completely cylindrical. It may not be load bearing, and may exist only to visually articulate the wall. Another term for an engaged column is an attached column.
solid mass between doors, windows, and other openings in buildings PORTAL: a door or entrance PORTICO: a roofed space, open or partly enclosed, forming the entrance of the facade of a temple, house, or church, often with detached or attached columns ...
 See also: Architecture, Church, Ionic, Classical, Classical architecture
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