Terracotta
Unglazed, fired clay used for tiles, architectural ornament, garden pots or roofing material and identifiable by its natural, burnt-orange color. Commonly found in architecture with Spanish or Mediterranean influences.
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Terracotta, glazed. Pottery or china decorated with a vitreous finish obtained by combining silica (found in clay) and lead oxide. The pottery thus becomes impermeable and lustrous.
TERRACOTTA
Moulded and fired clay ornament or cladding.
TESTER
A cover or canopy suspended over a tomb or a pulpit.
Terracotta was first produced around 1400 BC in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, when the need arose for more permanent structures than those made of sun-dried brick.
TERRACOTTA
Clay pressed into a mold and baked at extreme temperatures. A variety of finishes are achieved by different glazing techniques. Seen on decorative building ornaments such as cornices, moldings, and plaques.
TERRACOTTA - Fired but unglazed clay, used mainly for floor and roof tiles.
TERRAZZO - A sturdy floor finish of marble chips mixed with cement mortar. These are generally polished.
Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors, Xi'An
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Airbrick - a perforated brick, terracotta or plastic vent built into a wall for providing ventilation. Often used to ventilate the underside of timber ground floors, fireplaces or a roof space.
This led to the making of 'Adonis gardens' which were small gardens in terracotta pots. They were placed outside Adonis temples during festivals.
It favoured red brick or terracotta, usually combined with white-painted woodwork. It is particularly associated with the architect Richard Norman Shaw (1831-1912) and with the turn away from the Gothic Revival.
Caementa: irregular chunks of stone or terracotta used as a aggregate in Roman concrete; by mixing caementa of different weights, domes (such as the Pantheon) could be constructed with heavy bases and lighter crowns).
materials of Greek architecture were wood, used for supports and roof beams; unbaked brick used for walls, especially for private homes; limestone and marble, used for columns, walls, and upper portions of temples and public buildings; terracotta, ...
Brattishing
- an ornamental cresting of cast or wrought iron, or terracotta crowning a roof or tower. Sometimes refers to ornamental cresting on screens.
Polychromatic brickwork - Exposed brickwork in at least three colours ranging from creams to terracotta to dark brown and combined to form bold patterns.
Prismatic panel - Geometric repetitive low-relief form (e.g. lozenge).
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a style of domestic architecture of that period, characterized by red brick, terracotta roof tiles, sinuous curves, and heavy window frames ...
Most of the more important buildings, however, were made out of brick. In the pre-Mughal period such buildings were faced either with red terracotta plaques or less frequently in stone.
 See also: Terra, Architecture, Brick, Ornament, Capital
  
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