Rustication
During the Renaissance in Florence, rustication was used on the lower level of the Palazzi to distinguish the street level from the more refined upper levels.
Rustication (the exaggerated treatment of masonry to give an effect of strength), with only the horizontal joints emphasized.BaptisteryDivision of a church designed to house the font; also a separate building for the same purpose.
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rustication
Masonry cut in massive blocks separated by deep joints, used to give a rich, bold texture to an outside wall. Common in Romanesque homes. Effect sometimes simulated in stucco and other building materials.
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Rustication
primarily, masonry in which only the margins of the stones are worked; also used for any masonry where the joints are emphasised by mouldings, grooves, etc.
Rustication
Masonry cut in large blocks separated by deep joints, used to give a bold, exaggerated look to the lower part of an exterior wall, or to frame a door or window. The surface of the stone is usually very rough.
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Rustication - masonry characterized by smooth or roughly textures block faces, and strongly emphasized recessed joint.
RUSTICATION A term describing how individual blocks or courses of stone are picked out by deep joints and rough surfaces for a formal ornamental effect.
SASH WINDOW Double-hung vertically sliding sash or frames.
Rustication - Worked ashlar stone with the faces left rough.
Salient - Wall projection, arrowhead.
Saltire - Diagonal, equal-limbed cross.
rustication Rough-surfaced stonework, often with beveled edges.
sacistry In a church, a room for the storage of sacred objects and for the carrying-out of certain church activities.
Rustication
Masonry with massive, strongly textured or rough-hew blocks and sharply sunk joints, distinguished form smooth ashlar. Image courtesy of Phil Gruen ...
rustication: masonry, or masonry simulated using stucco, in which the blocks are separated by deeply-cut joints. Often used at the base of classical buildings to give an impression of strength.
Rustication. A method of treating masonry. Large, rectangular blocks of stone project from the wall with deeply emphasized joints. Lightly hewn blocks are known as 'boasted' or 'droved' ashlars.
RUSTICATION Worked ashlar stone, with faces left rough.
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SACRISTY A strong room usually attached to the north side of the chancel where vestments and the utendils belonging to the altars were placed. It is synonymous with vestry.
RUSTICATION
Exaggerated treatment of masonry to give an effect of strength. The joints are usually recessed by V-section chamfering or square-section channeling.
rustication : Worked ashlar stone, with faces left rough.
sanctuary : Under medieval canon law a fugitive from justice or a debtor was immune from arrest in a sacred place. To some extent this right was observed.
Rustication
Masonry prepared in such a way that it gives a rough and rugged surface, cut in large blocks; often used at the base of a wall.
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Rustication - The strong emphasis of the joints between squared stone blocks. Often imitated in render.
Sash - The moveable panel of a window. E.g. casement sash, double-hung sash (q.v.).
Scotia - A deep concave moulding.
Rustication / Sunk Joints
- treatment of masonry in a way which emphasises particular parts of a building.
rustication, rusticated Stonework composed of large blocks of masonry separated by wide, recessed joints; often imitated in other materials for decorative purposes.
Type of emphatic rustication in which the face of each stone is carved with curvilinear formations resembling patterns left by of worms
Found in Renaissance and Renaissance Revival styles
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rustication the roughened finish, naturally or artificially created, on blocks of stone or masonry, and the deep engraving of the joints between the blocks; rustication is often used on the facade of the ground floor of a Palladian building.
ubiquitous rustication, derived from Palazzo Pitti in Florence) came to characterize the Louis XIII style.
rotundaA Rotunda is a round building.Example 1: Roman gardens and Gothic invaders, Example 2: Gardens in Middle Germany (2) rusticationRustication is stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints.
Vermiculation - Decoration of a surface by means of random channels resembling worm-tracks. See also rustication.
Roundel - low, circular, semicircular or U-shaped tower for artillery, projecting from the wall face.
Rubble - fill; unsquared stone not laid in courses. Stone construction using irregular stones imbedded in mortar.
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of buildings, usually laid so that their faces are alternately large and small ROTUNDA: a building or room circular in plan and usually domed ROUNDEL: a circular ornament, often decorated with sculptural reliefs or glazed terra-cotta RUSTICATION: ...
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