Prostyle
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PROSTYLE (Gr. 7r0, before, and aruXos, a column), in architecture, a portico in which the columns project from the building to which it is attached.
prostyle - marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure
pseudoprostyle
apteral - having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides ...
prostyle
Characterized by free-standing columns that stand forward from a wall (contrasted with columns in antis).
pseudo-peripteral ...
prostyle: with a row of columns one deep.
pteron: an external colonnade, especially round a temple.
putto: (pl. -i) small boy or cherub, painted or carved.
Amphiprostyle - Term applied to a temple with porticos at each end, but without columns along the sides.
Ancones - Brackets or consoles on either side of a doorway, supporting a cornice ...
Prostyle - free standing columns that are widely spaced apart in a row. The term is often used as an adjective when referring to a portico which projects from the main structure.
The basic rectangular plan was surrounded by a colonnaded portico of columns on all four sides (peripteral or peristyle) such as the Parthenon, and occasionally at the front and rear only (amphiprostyle) as seen in the small Temple of Athena Nike.
A prostyle portico has columns standing free. A portico in antis has columns on the same plane as the front of the building. Blind portico: the front features of a portico applied to a wall; also called a temple front.
the Greek Revival movement from 1820-1830s. These buildings were used for public, institutional, and religious purposes. Two versions of this type are common to banks: 1) a portico of four or more columns extending across the facade, called prostyle.
 See also: Portico, Temple, Architecture, Greek, Ornament
  
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