- Look up
architrave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
classical architecture, an
architrave (/ˈɑːrkɪtreɪv/; from
Italian architrave 'chief beam',...
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elements of
classical architecture, and are
commonly divided into the
architrave (the
supporting member immediately above;
equivalent to the
lintel in...
- Louis. The
entablature resting on the
columns has
three parts: a
plain architrave divided into two, or more
generally three, bands, with a
frieze resting...
- of the
architrave in a
Doric column. The
entire structure above the
columns is
called the entablature. It is
commonly divided into the
architrave, directly...
- very wide in
early versions, but
later more restrained.
Above a
plain architrave, the
complexity comes in the frieze,
where the two
features originally...
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columns nor
pilasters are expressed, on an
astylar wall it lies upon the
architrave ("main beam") and is
capped by the
moldings of the cornice. A
frieze can...
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discharging arch or
relieving arch is an arch
built over a
lintel or
architrave to take off the superin****bent weight. The
earliest example is
found in...
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projection used near the top of the
architrave of the
Doric order in
classical architecture. At the top of the
architrave blocks, a row of six
guttae below...
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which consists (from top to bottom) of the cornice, the frieze, and the
architrave.
Where a
triangular pediment is
above the entablature, the
cornice continues...
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horizontal elements are
called by a
variety of
names including lintel, header,
architrave or beam, and the
supporting vertical elements may be
called posts, columns...
