Entablature
From LoveToKnow 1911
ENTABLATURE (Lat. in, and tabula, a tablet), the architectural term for the superstructure carried by the columns in the classic orders.
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In classical architecture, the top of an Order, horizontally divided into cornice, frieze, and architrave, supported by a colonnade
Found in the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and Tuscan orders ...
entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
architrave - the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns ...
Entablature of a Classical building in the Ionic order
A Handbook of Architectural Styles by A. Rosengarten, 1898
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Pages in category "Columns and entablature"
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Entablature - The area above an entryway in which the transom is contained.
Excavate - To dig out a volume of earth for a basement, footings or foundation.
Entablature - The upper part of an Order, consisting of architrave, frieze and cornice.
entablature:
the upper section of a classical order, resting on the capital and including the architrave, frieze and cornice ...
entablature
The horizontal component, usually decorated, that lies directly above the column or other support; in classical architecture, the entablature is composed of an architrave, a frieze and a cornice.
entasis ...
Entablature
in Classical and Renaissance architecture, the part of an order above the column, the full entablature comprising architrave, frieze, and cornice; often used alone, in whole or in part, as a horizontal architectural feature.
Entablature: Entablature is the name given to a horizontal member supported by the columns of a building of Classical style, e.g., Greek Revival.
entablature - the part of building above the columns, contains the frieze and cornice
knee brace (strut) - a diagonal support across the angle formed by two perpendicular members.
Entablature -- The band of moldings near the top of a facade, divided into cornice, frieze, and architrave.
Facade -- The face or front of a building.
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.
FENESTRATION The arrangement of windows.
Entablature - Horizontal detailing above a classical column and below a pediment, consisting of cornice, frieze and architrave.
entablature: the upper horizontal part of an order consisting of (from top to bottom) cornice, frieze and architrave. This area originally existed between the capitals and gutter of ancient classical buildings.
ENTABLATURE
In classical architecture, collective name for the three horizontal members (architrave, frieze and cornice) carried by a wall or a column.
Entablature. Arrangement of three horizontal members - architrave, frieze and cornice - supported by columns or pilasters.
Extrados. Outer curve of an arch with a structural or purely decorative function (* arch).
entablature - the horizontal part of an architectural order, supported on columns, composed of architrave, frieze, and cornice.
entablature - a feature that is part of an Order of classical Greek architecture.
entablature : The upper horizontal part of an order, between a capital and the roof; it consists of the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
facade : Any important face of a building, usually the principal front with the main entrance.
Entablature
the portion of a Classical architectural Order above the capital of a column.
Entasis ...
Entablature
In architecture, this is the upper section of a classical building. Resting on the capitals, it consists firstly of the architrave, then the frieze, and then the cornice at the top.
Entablature - In Classical architecture, the upper part of an order, consisting of architrave (q.v.), frieze (q.v.) and cornice (q.v.).
Entablature
On Classical buildings, the entire horizontal mass carried above the columns and abaci. Entablatures generally contain an architrave, a frieze (in Doric this would have triglyphs and metopes), and a cornice.
Brantford ...
Entablature - a lintel-like feature supported by columns or pilasters and usually placed over a doorway or window.
Fillet - a thin, horizontal band in a straight profile, usually found on a cornice, architrave, or entablature, for decoration.
Entablature
The upper part of a wall or story.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary
Gable ...
entablature In classical architecture, a major horizontal member carried by a column(s) or pilaster(s); it consists of an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice. The proportions and detailing are different for each order, and strictly prescribed.
entablature - in classical architecture, the part of the structure between the column capital and the roof or pediment ...
Architrave: The lintel or flat horizontal member which spans the space between columns; in classical architecture, the lowest member of an entablature. Archivolts: Bands or mouldings (moldings, Am.) surrrounding an arched opening.
architrave a term generally used for the molding around a door or window, and specifically used for the lowest level of the entablature, directly above the capital of a column.
extending from one column or pier to another BUTTRESS: a mass of masonry or brickwork projecting from or built against a wall to give more strength CAPITAL: the head or crowning feature of a column COLONNADE: a row of columns carrying an entablature ...
architrave The lowest part of an entablature resting on the capital of a column; also, the holdings around a doorway. ashlar Stones hewn and squared for use in building, as distinguished from rough stones.
New settlements were given Greek names-Syracuse, Ithaca, Troy-and Doric and Ionic columns, entablatures, and pediments, mostly transmuted into white-painted wood, ...
Architrave - the lowest of the three main horizontal divisions of the entablature.
Attic base - the base of an Ionic column, which consists of two convex mouldings, the top one being smaller, separated by a concave moulding.
Classical Orders - Three main styles in the design of a column and its entablature: Corinthian, Ionic, Doric.
Clerestory - Wall above supportive columns that is pierced by windows.
Client - One who employs a professional advisor ...
The differently formalized versions of the basic post-and-lintel (column and entablature) system in classical architecture. The main orders are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. They are Greek in origin but occur in Roman versions.
Classical detailing--columns, pilasters, heavily molded wooden entablatures (horizontal trim under roofs and over doors), and pediments--defines the style in houses, churches, stores, and other public buildings.
A complete column and entablature consist of a number of uniquely distinct parts. At the bottom, the stylobate is the flat pavement on which the columns are placed.
The wide cornice band represents the entablature of classical greek architecture consisting of the frieze and the architrave. Greek or roman columns are usually present to support the porch.
IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Gable or hipped, low-pitch roof; dentil cornice emphasized with wide band of trim -- cornice represents classical entablature (includes cornice, frieze, architrave); porches: square or rounded columns (usually Doric), ...
Entablature
Gable roof, often with dormers
Double-hung windows sometimes with shutters
Palladian window
Symmetrically placed windows, often in adjacent pairs or triple windows treated as a single unit ...
The top element of the entablature including the following elements: the cyma, the corona and the bed-moulding.
Corona
A component of the cornice that has a vertical face and horizontal soffit.
A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature), typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice molding.
Small top storey within a roof. The storey above the main entablature of a classical facade....
Bahut
Dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade....
Colonnades: A series of columns supporting either arches or an entablature, and usually one side of a roof. These were common architectural features of Early Roman churches.
The projecting, crowning portion of a classical entablature. Also horizontal molding at the top of case pieces, such as bookcases and cabinets.
Cornucopia ...
Metope: the panel, plain or sculptured, between the triglyphs of a Doric entablature
Modillions (consoles): the brackets supporting the projecting part of a Corinthian cornice ...
colonnade (12) -- a range of columns rupporting an entablature (Pedley, 353) Sample Image (Lesson 12)
colonnaded portico (6) ...
A grouping of columns spaced at regular intervals and supporting either arches or a straight entablature.
Column ...
Embraces classical precedents, such as arches, colonnades, classical columns and entablatures
Smooth wall surfaces
Delicacy of details
Formal landscape; use of pools, fountains, sculpture within a central plaza ...
Distinctive of it are what are called the orders of architecture, by which term are understood certain modes of proportioning and decorating the column and its superimposed entablature.
 See also: Architecture, Classical, House, Cornice, Floor
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