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Pillar
An upright structure that supports an arch or a superstrucure or provides a decorative element. Pillars are massive in the norman period, and have a wide variety of decorated, square, rounded and ornate patterns.
A column or pillar is divided into a shaft, a base and a capital. In classical building architecture, the horizontal structure that is supported on the columns like a beam is called an entablature.
Pillar Similar to but more slender than a pier, also non-circular.
Pitch The rate at which a roof or other surface slopes.
Plaster A surface covering for walls and ceilings applied wet, dries to smooth, hard protective surface.
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).
pillar (12) -- a detached vertical structure of stone or wood slender or narrow in proportion to its height, used as a vertical support of a superstructure (Oxford Dict.)
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Pillar. Vertical structural member which bears a load - arches, architraves or vaults. It may be square, oblong or polygonal in shape.
PILLAR Usually a weight-carrying member, such as a pier or a column; sometimes an isolated, freestanding structure used for commemorative purposes.
PINNACLE A pointed termination of a spire, buttress, or other extremity of a building.
Pillar
a large vertical architectural element, usually freestanding and load-bearing.
Pitched roof ...
Pillar
A free-standing load bearing support, such as a column. Sometimes it is an isolated member erected for commemorative purposes.
wall-pillar church: northern late-Gothic type in which walls dividing the side chapels are carried to the full height of the church, allowing for galleries over the chapels.
waterleaf: stylised smooth foliage with tips curving inward.
Pillar
- free-standing member which, unlike a column need not be cylindrical or pretend to belong to an order. A clustered column is one which is made up of, or appears to be made up of a number of smaller pillars.
Pillar or pedestal of bellied form. Balusters: vertical supports of this or any other form, for a handrail or coping, the whole being called a balustrade. Blind balustrade: the same applied to the wall surface.
Pillar with the centre large than the ends.
Barge Boards
The woodwork covering the ends of rafters of porches etc ...
pillar: column used to support parts of a structure
gable: the triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof. It typically has straight sides but there are variations ...
Porch pillars at the Mark Twain house are ornamented with a decorative leaf motif.
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Gallery Index: The Mark Twain House (1874 / 1881) ...
A square pillar or the part of a wall that sits between doors or windows.
Plinth
The lowest part of the base of a column or pedestal. The plinth helps to distribute the weight born by the column more evenly.
A tapering pillar of square section at the top and ending pyramidally.
Pediment.
Column - Pillar (circular section).
Concentric - Having two sets of walls, one inside the other.
Coping - Covering stones.
In contrast to pillars, they are directly connected with the walls of a temple. They owe their origin to the vertical posts of timber employed in the early, more primitive palaces or temples of Greece, as at Tiryns and in the Heraeum at Olympia.
Stone driveway pillars were added to the Campus soon after the Chapel and Print Shop were constructed.
Trumeau - A pillar in the center of a Gothic portal.
Tympanum - The space enclosed by a lintel and an arch over a doorway.
Typology - The use of prototypes and antitypes as in the use of the Old Testament as a prefiguration of the New.
column - upright pillar serving as a support or ornament for a building
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Baluster - a post or vertical pillar supporting a handrail or parapet rail.
Balustrade - a collective name for a row of balusters or other infilling below a handrail on a stair or parapet.
Column: A cylindrical support, usually structural but often decorative; Pillar. Other parts of a column: abacus or impost block, capital, shaft, base.
chevron A zigzag pattern characteristic of Romanesque decoration that is often carved around pillars, arches and doorways. choir Also spelled quire. The eastern arm (front) of a church, where services were historically sung.
herm a statue of the head of a Greek god set on a square stone pillar. hermitage a garden building, often complete with a hired "hermit" to live there, calculated to raise an appreciation for contemplation in the context of nature.
Capital the head of a pillar, often decorated.
Caponier - covered passage within a ditch.
Caponnière - covered passage across a ditch to an outer fortification structure such as a ravelin.
Carotid - heart-shaped.
balustradeA baluster is a short pillar with a curved outline and a balustrade is a barrier made with pillars of this type and topped with a coping or rail.
Decoration takes several forms, the best known of which is the pillar; other forms include panelled decoration, stepped ends, and a domed or pitched roof.
Among the great works now erected were temples, aqueducts, amphitheatres, magnificent villas, triumphal arches, monumental pillars, etc.
pilastrum, from pi/a, a pillar), in architecture, an engaged pier projecting slightly from the wall, and employed to divide up and decorate a wall surface or to serve as respond to a column.
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.
Pier - The mass of stone work between the openings in the wall of a building, the support of an arch, bridge, gate pillar.
Pilaster - A square column, partly built into, partly projecting from a wall.
The heavenly splendour of this sphere outshone the spectacle of earthly pomp offered on the middle floor by the gilded bronze railings and the polished pillars.
Down the center of the track, there were many columns, pillars, and a few little arches. In addition, there were a few fountains and two small temples. These temples were equipped respectively with seven large eggs and several dolphins.
newel - the supporting upright pillar around which winding steps, or winders, are supported; typically found in cathedral and castle architecture of the Middle Ages.
niche (Fr. a nest) - a recess in a wall for the reception of a statue.
Baluster - A short post or pillar in a series supporting a rail or coping and thus a balustrade.
Balustrade - A railing system, generally around a balcony or on a second level, consisting of balusters and a top rail.
It also has numerous balconies and porches that are emphasized with arches and pillars. Stained glass decorates the living and dining areas and vertical windows are placed in all rooms.
baluster - It is a small column or a little, round, short pillar that is part of a balustrade. The word "baluster" comes from the Italian word blausto or balaustra meaning the flower of the pomegranate. (p. 16-these balusters are not bulbous, p.
balustrade - Series of short pillars (lathe-turned, square posts or cutouts) supported on top by a handrail on staircases, balconies and porches
band - any flat horizontal course that projects slightly from a wall ...
veranda - a space alongside a house sheltered by a roof supported by posts, pillars, columns, or arches. An earlier name for it in America was piazza.
Annulet : A circular finishing found on pillars or piers, sometimes decorated with carvings.
Archivolt : An ornamental molding seen often in arch shaped portals following the lines of the face with sculpted figures.
the head or cornice of a pillar or column.
Cartouche
in Renaissance ornament, a tablet imitating a scroll with ends rolled up, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription or arms.
Shaft
The body of a column or pillar between the base and the capital. It is especially used for the small columns found around a window, door, or other opening. Shafts are generally round, but may also be polygonal.
PIER A square or rectangular post or pillar.
PILASTER A rectangular column applied to a wall and usually in a classical order.
PINNACLE A conical ornament surmounting a gable or buttress in medieval architecture.
Shaft - A long, slender part of a pillar that adds support to an overhanging structure.
Sheathing - A covering over the structural frame of a building, onto which the cladding is attached.
Pilaster -- A square pillar attached, but projecting from a wall, resembling a classical column.
Porte-cochere -- A porch large enough to enclose wheeled vehicles.
BALUSTER - A short post or pillar in a series that supports a rail, thus forming a balustrade, may be curved or straight, generally formed to staircases.
pilaster An engaged pier or pillar, often with capital and base.
pitched Sloping, especially referring to a roof.
plinth A platform base supporting a column or pilaster.
A zigzag decoration carved on pillars or arches characteristic of Norman architecture.
CINQEFOIL
Ornamental tracery in the form of a five petaled flower.
Annulet: A circular finishing found on pillars or piers often decorated with carvings as in Gothic Architecture.
Arcade: A series of arches supported by columns or piers.
Column - A vertical, usually circular pillar, generally used as a support for a beam or other structure, such as an entablature.
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COLUMN A support pillar, usually round, found on porches and as a decorative detail.
Architecture, Gothic
Gothic architecture has pointed arches, clustered pillars, vaulted roofs, and profusion of ornaments....
Balustrade
Rayonnnant Gothic balustrade....
support for archor vault, usually square as opposed to pillar (round)
Pikeman
soldier carrying a pike or similar long-handled weapon ...
Pergola - A covered walk in a garden usually formed by a double row of posts or pillars with beams above and covered with climbing plants.
Type of support. An arc-boutant, or flying buttress, serves to sustain a vault, and is self-sustained by some strong wall or massive work. A pillar b...
Bracket
A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall....
Style of architecture that flourished in Europe from the mid-12th century to the end of the 15th century. It is characterized by the vertical lines of tall pillars and spires, greater height in interior spaces, the pointed arch, rib vaulting, ...
Newel: Stout post supporting a staircase handrail at top and bottom. Also, the central pillar of a winding or spiral staircase.
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