- Look up
architrave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
classical architecture, an
architrave (/ˈɑːrkɪtreɪv/; from
Italian architrave 'chief beam',...
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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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entrance with
antae supporting the entablature, save № 15 (altered).
Architraved doorways have a corniced-head, rectangular,
overlight and
original panelled...
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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...
- is part of the
standard classical decorative vocabulary,
adopted from
architrave and
cornice mouldings of the
Ionic order and
Corinthian order.[citation...
- is a
recurring motif in
architecture (as
decoration to the
lintel or
architrave above a door), in
calligraphy and in
general scrollwork. The word can...
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large stones such as obelisks, statues,
monolithic columns or
large architraves, that may have been
moved a
considerable distance after quarrying. It...
- 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...
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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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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...
