Barrel Vault
Originally found in Roman architecture, an extended arch shape covering a walkway, gallery or entrance.
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The Barrel Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Barrel Chair by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Barrel Roof - Like a covered wagon, or inverted ship; barrel vault is a plian vault of uniform cross-section.
Barrel Tiles - Rounded clay roof tiles most often used on Spanish-style houses. Usually red, but available in many colors.
BARREL
a semicircular vault unbroken by ribs
UNDERPITCH
a barrel vault with small perpendicular vaults underneath
GROIN
formed from intersection of two vaults ...
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Cloister vault - A domelike vault having a square or polygonal base from which curved segments rise to a central point. Also called domical vault.
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Barrel
A straight, continuous arched vault or ceiling, either semicircular or semi-elliptical in profile
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Bell
A roof whose cross section is shaped like a bell ...
Barrel vault - an architectural element formed by the extrusion of an arch along a given distance.
Bay - A regularly repeating division of a facade, marked by fenestration.
Barrel Vault
A vault formed by two identical tunnel-shaped vaults intersecting in the middle, having the form of a half cylinder.
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Barrel vault - Cylindrical roof.
Bartizan - An overhanging battlemented corner turret, corbelled out; sometimes as grandiose as an overhanging gallery; common in Scotland and France.
barrel vault A masonry vault in the form of a semicircular arch.
bas-relief A low relief sculpture that projects only slightly from its two dimensional background.
barrel vault: a simple vault forming a continuous stone roof, generally of semi-circular section
bar-tracery: tracery consisting of stone ribs forming patterns.
barrel vault - or tunnel vault; a series of pressed-together arches, they were heavy and had enormous thrust or pressure downward and outward, usually had heavy walls because of this.
Barrel Vault
In architecture, a ceiling that is in the form of a semicircular vault with a continuous surface. It is the simplest form of a vault. So called because it resembles a barrel that has been cut in half lengthways.
Barrel (or tunnel) vault
a semicylindrical vault, with parallel abutments and an identical cross section throughout, covering an oblong space.
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The simplest type of vaulted roof is the barrel vault in which a single arched surface extends from wall to wall, the length of the space to be vaulted, for example, the nave of a church.
Barrel Vault - a continuous rounded vault with no cross vaults, like the shape of a barrel. It resembles a barrel cut in half lengthwise.
Base - a carved foundation stone for a column, usually larger in diameter.
Barrel, Tunnel or Wagon Vault
- the simplest vault, also called a wagon or tunnel vault. A continuous vault usually semi-circular in section.
Barrel Vault with transverse arches connected to attached half columns that extend down to compound piers.
St. Foi at Conques: mostly built between 1100 and 1130.
Barrel vault: semicircular roof of stone & timber
Bartizan: overhanging corner turret
Bastion: a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall ...
Barrel Vault
semicircular (barrel shaped) roof of stone or timber
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barrel vault - the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
groined vault - two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
fenestella, lunette - oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault ...
Barrel Vault: The simplest form of a vault, resembling a barrel, consisting of a continuous surface of semicircular or pointed sections.
Chevron: An ancient design motif used in Christian architecture dating back to the Romanesque period.
A barrel or tunnel vault, semicylindrical in cross section, is in effect a deep arch or an uninterrupted series of arches, one behind the other, over an oblong space.
barrel vault A rounded ceiling shaped like half a barrel, which runs the length of the nave and has no rib vaults. Most commonly seen in early medieval churches.
So far, all the vaults mentioned have been barrel vaults, which, when not built underground, required continuous walls of great thickness to resist their thrust; the earliest example of the next variety, the intersecting barrel vault, ...
In the flat plane of a wall, arches may be used in rows, supported by piers or columns to form an arcade; for roofs or ceilings, a sequence of arches, one behind the other, may be used to form a half-cylinder (or barrel) vault; ...
Barrel - That part of a pipe throughout which the bore and wall thickness remain uniform.
Barrel Bolt - A door fastener with a metal rod or bar that runs the case, entering a hole in the jamb. Sizes range from thumb slides to tower blots.
Romanesque A style developed in western and southern Europe after 1000 characterized by heavy masonry and the use of the round arch, barrel and groin vaults, narrow openings, and the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, ...
Two of the bays were covered by barrel vaults, whilst that above the entrance was covered with a cross vault; the north and south sides of the portico were walled in as protection against the wind.
In Roman construction the thrust of barrel vaults had been neutralized by walls of great thickness, that of groin vaults either by the same clumsy expedient or by transverse walls; ...
The first form was taken from the early Christian and Roman basilica forms, which created a long central barrel vaulted nave pointing East to West.
Vault. Arched roof of a building or part of a building. Various forms exist: 1) barrel vault - an extreme development of the Roman arch (weight was carried equally by both walls); 2) cross vault where two barrel vaults cross and are divided into ...
A vault formed of two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.Grotesque(lit. grotto-esque): Wall decoration adopted from Roman examples in the Renaissance. Its foliage scrolls incorporate figurative elements. Compare Arabesque.
Vault
An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. The simplest form is the barrel vault, a single continuous arch; the groined vault consists of two-barrel vaults joined at right angles; a ribbed vault has a web of ribs added to the groins.
Butt Hinge - A standard barrel-type hinge, mounted by mortising the leaves into the sash and frame of a window. Butt hinges are also commonly used as door hinges.
Romanesque antecedents of the Gothic ribbed vault are the barrel vault and the groined vault. The ribbed vault is composed of diagonally arched ribs and can be classified as tri-partite, quatri-partite (fig.5, D), or sexpartite.
Groined vault : A rib-less vault formed by the meeting of a pair of equal barrel vaults at right angle to each other.
Hammer beams : Right angled support beams projecting from wall tops to brace wooden roofs.
A style of European architecture containing both Roman and Byzantine elements, prevalent especially in the 11th and 12th centuries and characterized by thick walls, barrel vaults, and relatively unrefined ornamentation.
the beginning of the Norman era the style of architecture that was in vogue was known as Romanesque, because it copied the pattern and proportion of the architecture of the Roman Empire. The chief characteristics of the Romanesque style were barrel ...
Martin-in-the-Fields in central London drawing on ancient Roman temples for the exterior coupled with a striking steeple evoking medieval references, leading into a light, elegant interior characterized by a flattened barrel vault in the nave and ...
Other roof styles include: flat (unpitched), domed, gambrel (quad-pitched, very often mistakenly called double-pitched, gable or barn), and A-frame, barrel-vaulted.
The emperor and his family and court sat in the first tier; patricians and gentry were in the second tier; ladies were in the third tier; and common people sat on the top. Barrel vaults were the main supports of the heavy tiers.
 See also: Vault, Architecture, Barrel vault, House, Roman
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