giant order: columns or pilasters rising from the ground floor through more than one storey.
groin vault: a vault caused by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults, the edges meeting in a cross.
The giant order Ionic columns and the huge pedimented portico with the county coat of arms in the tympanum are standard features of the design.
In classical architecture, an order whose height is that of two or more storeys of the building to which it is applied. Also called a giant order.ColumbariumShelved, niched structure to house multiple burials.Column ...
The Orders - Order is a good term in this context, it implies both an acceptable organisation of component parts and a satisfying relationship between them. A colossal or giant order is any order, ...
BAROQUE
Style originating in Rome c.1600 and current in England c.1680 -1720, characterized by dramatic massing and silhouette and the use of the giant order.
based on Roman models with little concern for national specifics, is the Royal Palace of Madrid. The same approach is manifested is Tessin's polychrome domeless Kalmar Cathedral, a skillful pastiche of early Italian Baroque, clothed in a giant order ...
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