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quarter - one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
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quarter of town inhabited by members of one caste
molding
Shaped decorative outlines on projecting cornices and members in wood and stone.
Three-quarter Hollow
Moulding shaped by a three-quarter concave profile.
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Three-quarter round tower: A cylindrical flanking tower projecting only three quarters of the way from the body of a castle. The rear of the flanking tower was either circular or straight. See 'D' shaped flanker, flanking tower.
In the third quarter of the 19th century, East Aurora was known as "the world's trotting nursery." Race horses were raised and trained here in large farms operated by Cicero Hamlin, the Jewetts and the Knoxes.
Haram
The private quarters of a house, sanctuary of a mosque or more generally an area set apart.
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Half-cylinders and quarter cylinders are characteristic Regency devices. Here the half-cylinder is used to create a lighted area off the drawing room.
The Benedictine monk Raban Maur, "preceptor of Germania" and abbot of Fulda in the second quarter of the ninth century, was one of the first to define the approach.
Cloisters - Roofed passage between a chapel of a monastery and the monks quarters
Closet - A small private room.
Club - An association of persons for social, political athletic or other ends.
Cluster - A group or crowd.
architectural puzzle, since it is manifestly a stage in the development of the oblong quadripartite vault, and yet is found in these cases some years after the latter system is known to have been fully understood in France, and nearly three-quarters ...
On each level the arches connect to three-quarter columns. On the first level Doric columns, on the second Ionic, on the third Corinthian and the top story has Corinthian pilasters.
ENGAGED COLUMN, in architecture, a form of column, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached according to its projection; the term implies that the column is partly attached to a pier or wall.
The medallions that form the illustrations in the Bibles moralisées (Moralized Bibles) of the second quarter of the century frankly emulate the designs of stained glass.
French colonial houses in the French Quarter.
4. Las Trampas, NM. Spanish colonial church of San Jose de Gracia.
5. Las Trampas, NM. Entry and choir loft of church in photo 4.
Hall: Principle living quarters of a medieval castle or house Hall Crypt: A crypt in the form of a large space of uniform height, subdivided by columns. Other types of crypt: confessio.
-The arrangement of sleeping quarters is different from what is commonly seen in North America. Tatami mats are slept on as mentioned before, but it is hard to get up on the mats because of the high "step up" required to do so.
The height of the column is between four-and-and-a-quarter and eight diameters. The entablature is around a quarter of the height of the order.
The stylistic focus is on the main entry--a panelled door often framed by half or three-quarter length sidelights and thin pilasters or columns.
"Archaeological excavations in this area have uncovered a complete Roman quarter.
Hall: principal living quarters of a medieval castle or house
Hoarding: covered wooden gallery affixed to the top of the outside of a tower or curtain to defend the castle
Inner Ward or Inner Bailey: open area in the center of a castle ...
Ovolo moulding - A convex moulding, usually a quarter of a circle and sometimes called a quarter round. It is often ornamented with egg and dart or other similar patterns.
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cavetto: concave moulding about a quarter-circle in section
cella: principal interior of a temple, housing the cult image chamfered a corner truncated at an angle of about 45 degrees.
Classical concave moulding of quarter-round section.Cell
One of a series of small rooms; also a compartment of a groin-vault or rib-vault.Cella ...
Buddhist monks' living quarters, either an individual cell or a space for communal activity.
Villa
(a) in antiquity and the Renaissance, a large country house; (b) in modern times, a detached house in the country or suburbs.
Ovolo
Ovolo is a convex molding that is a quarter-round. It is a Classical molding that is often seen with decorative motif on it.
Termini Caryatids: female busts or demi-figures or three-quarter figures supporting an entablature or other similar member and placed at the top of termini pilasters.
The plan is characterised by an interior tetraconch with three-quarter cylindrical niches located at the intersections of each apse. This creates an octagonal base that supports a tall drum. Side chambers usually lead off the corner niches.
Base Shoe - The wooden strip (usually quarter round) along the bottom face of the baseboard at the floor level.
Ovulo. A convex moulding in the shape of a quarter circle which forms a horizontal band: usually a decorative member in a Corinthian or Doric cornice.
Types of arches include: segmental (low arc), round (semi-circular) horseshoe (three-quarter circle), lancet, pointed (Gothic), trefoil, ogee, four-centered (segmental with round haunches), Tudor (pointed four centered), ...
Old architectural name given sometimes to the queen posts of a roof, and sometimes to the filling in quarters in framing....
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View of Interior courtyard
View of Interior Building: Traditional House in Zoroastrian quarter
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sunburst - an Eastlake decorative element shaped like a sun with radiating rays; often only a semi or quarter circle of the motif is used. (p. 28 - around the largest window of the facade).
CONVENTO
Wing of a mission building or the set of rooms in which the missionaries lived; missionaries' living quarters.
Mission
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Nicholas Pevsner argued that the 'irregularity' which affected English gardens in the first quarter of the eighteenth was the first breath of romanticism on European art.
On the Peloponnese Peninsula near Argos are the fortress-palaces of Mycenae and Tiryns, and in Asia Minor the city of Troy-all of them excavated by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Front gardens with wooden fences
Interiors done in the grand manner, including frescoed ceilings, chandeliers, marble fireplaces, elaborate ceiling cornices
Small interior rooms, parlors, servants' quarters ...
Sometimes built for permanence, of considerable size, and used as living quarters.
became common as a means of increasing the roof span and making use of the attic space as livable space. With this type of roof, the homeowner was able to use the main floor for business operations and the upper floors for the family living quarters ...
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