exedra [ˈɛksɪdrə ɛkˈsiː-]
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1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a building, room, portico, or apse containing a continuous bench, used in ancient Greece and Rome for holding discussions ...
An exedra adopted by James Cameron for a neoclassical interior space, at the Hermitage ...
Exedra - In classical architecture, a semicircular or rectangular recess with raised seats; also, more loosely, any apse or niche or the apsidal end of a room or a room opening full width into a larger, covered or uncovered space.
Exedra: a semicircular or rectangular recess open on one side to a lobby or court ...
exedrae
A portico or open room with seats in ancient Greece. Renaissance architect, Brunelleschi added this to cathedral architecture.
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Exedra
A semicircular recess or niche; a large apse. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger
Extrados
The upper surface of an arch or vault. Image courtesy of Gayle Goudy Kochanski ...
exedra: an apse or niche.
fan vault: the application of decorative cusped panels to solid semi-cones, as used in late Perpendicular churches.
Exedra
An outdoor or external seating area. Developed during the Greek era as a location for disputations of the learned, the exedra became very popular in Renaissance times for privacy on larger estates during retreats to escape the plague.
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Exedra - A semicircular niche or hemicycle.
Fascia - A molding simply of a thin, blank band.
Fauces - A small entry room of a Roman house, just as one enters the front door. Leads to atrium.
Exedra - Wall alcove with bench space
Eyebrow Window - Roof dormer having low sides; formed by raising small section of roof
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Exedra : an often semicircular portico with seats that was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a place for discussions.
Fluted : a style of architecture where a column has vertical indentations.
exedra an open or colonnaded recess, intended for conversation, often semi-circular, and furnished with seats or a long bench.
BEMA (Gr./31iµa,), in ecclesiastical architecture, the semicircular recess or exedra, in the basilica, where the judges sat, and where in after times the altar was placed. It generally is roofed with a half dome.
exedraThe Greek word 'exedra' originally meant a building standing apart from a dwelling. Later, it was used for a hall with seating, attached to a peristyle, gymnasium, palaestra or private house.
In classical architecture sometimes called an exedra.ArabesqueNon-figurative surface decoration consisting of flowing lines, foliage scrolls etc., based on geometrical patterns. Compare grotesque.
A Roman hall of justice, typically with a high central space lit by a clerestory and lower aisles all around it, and with apses or exedrae for the seats of the judges ...
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