Octagon (1830 - 1900)
Unlike any other style, the popularity of the Octagon can be attributed to one person, the American Orson Squire Fowler, ...
Octagon House
A Victorian house having eight sides; esp. found in the Hudson Valley of New York ...
The American contribution to innovative house styles in the mid 19th century was inspired by Orson Squire Fowler's creative octagonal architectural design.
Octagon houses usually have these features:
Octagonal or rounded shape, usually (although not always) with 8 sides
Cupola
Porches, usually one-story ...
OCTAGONAL Having eight sides and eight angles.
OGEE (adjective: ogival) A double curve with the shape of an elongated S, and by extention, a moulding having the profile of an S-shaped curve.
Octagonal towers were often used on crossings and occur in France, Germany, Spain and Italy where an example that is unusual for its height is that on the crossing of Sant' Antonio, Piacenza, 1140.
In its octagonal form, the church was understood as a martyrium to San Vitale.
open square or octagonal pavilion, literally an umbrella
chiaroscuro
Contrast of light and dark in a painting, used for dramatic effect.
In their origin, as in the church of Thaon in Normandy, they were four-sided roofs of slight elevation, but soon began to be features of great importance, becoming lofty pyramids generally of octagonal form, ...
The dome that he designed and built (1420-1436), and which crowns the cathedral today, is derived from Rome but differs in being octagonal, having an inner and an outer shell connected by ribs, being pointed and rising higher, ...
Later Mughal tombs were also based on an octagonal form but instead of sides of equal length four of the sides were shortened thus producing a square shape with cut off corners.
In gardens it means a projecting point (usually octagonal or circular) in a walled garden. beautifulIn general use, the word Beautiful means 'possessing beauty'.
Column: A column is a pillar, usually of round cross-section but sometimes square or octagonal, used to support the roof of a building, porch, or portico. Parts of a column are (bottom to top): base, shaft and capital.
Broach: starting from a square base, then carried into an octagonal section by means of triangular faces.
He eventually became an architect, the first truly Renaissance builder, and in that capacity designed the enormous octagonal dome of Florence Cathedral, also called the Duomo, completed in 1436.
A gazebo is a pavilion structure, often octagonal, commonly found in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas.
Broach
- at the point where an octagonal spire meets a square tower, the four angles of the tower not covered by the base of the spire are filled by an inclined mass of masonry which is the broach.
A support which is often square rounded or octagonal
PILAE
Hypocaust tiles which were cemented together to form small columns called pilae. The pilae raised the floor so that hot air could pass underneath.
Coffer - a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling or vault.
Colonnade - A long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing.
Chisel, Diamond, Fishscale, Octagon, Sawtooth, Square Butt
Stairs
Stone Walls ...
chimney pot : Tudor or Medieval Revival style buildings often have wide, very tall chimneys with round or octagonal "pots" on top of each flue. Multiple chimneys have separate flues, and each flue has its own chimney pot.
A coffer, in architecture, is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling...
Colarin ...
Baptistery
A part of a church or a separate building, often octagonal or round, in which baptisms take place.
Typically, they feature an octagonal window over the front door, one chimney at the side of the house, double-hung windows, and a hip roof. They've been built in the United States since the early 1800s.
Centrally planned - Of a building which radiates from central point, as distinct from one on an Axial plan, e.g. an octagonal building as opposed to a Basilica.
A small wooden Renaissance chair, usually having a carved splat back, an octagonal seat, and carved trestle supports.
Shaker furniture ...
Spire - A slender elongated hip roof to (usually, a church) tower tapering to an acute point, either timber framed and clad, or stone. Types include: broach (octagonal. rising from a square base) needle (very thin) or crown (with legs or ...
Low round or octagonal towers with low-pitched tile roofs
Smooth or textured plaster (stucco) exterior walls and chimney finishes
Casement or double-hung windows, often not in uniform size or shape ...
Pillar: A support which does not taper, has an impost, and does not need to be cylindrical as is the case with a column. The shaft consists of either rectangular, octagonal, circular, or cruciform blocks and may have a capital (fig.5, A).
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a roof covering the corner triangle on the top of a square tower having an octagonal spire ...
This creates an octagonal base that supports a tall drum. Side chambers usually lead off the corner niches. It is considered to be the most uniquely Armenian plan of all Armenian churches, although it is also found in some churches in Georgia.
In effect, the triangular supports in the corner of the square made the space below the dome an octagon. This transition from circle to square was a major contribution to architecture.
The next dynasty, Tang, decided to have their towers shaped into an octagon or diagonal. The number of stories varied with each of the buildings. The height demised regularly from the base to the summit but everything else remained the same.
They were built in the shape of a tetragon from wood, and later built into the shape of an octagon. Many of the cities are surrounded by high walls for protection.
Edmunds, Wells, Ely, and Lincoln; the chapter houses of York, Salisbury, Lincoln, and Westminster; the octagon of Ely, the fan vaulting of Gloucester, Sherborne, Oxford, and Westminster -- all are examples of a vitality of impulse, ...
 See also: Architecture, House, Tower, Arches, Decorated
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