- of a
circular or
octagonal dome that
surmounts a square-plan chamber.
Squinches are
placed to
diagonally span each
upper corner where the
walls meet....
- A dome can rest
directly upon a
rotunda wall, a drum, or a
system of
squinches or
pendentives used to
accommodate the
transition in
shape from a rectangular...
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styles were few, such as the four-centered arch, and a dome
erected on
squinches. Unfortunately, much was lost due to the
ephemeral nature of the stucco...
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supported by a
double zone of
squinches: four
squinches create an
eight sided transition that
includes eight more
squinches, and
these create a sixteen-sided...
- rows of
squinches, an
architectural achievement of its time. The
lower row is made of four
larger squinches, the two
upper of
smaller squinches, and finally...
- the pendentive's development,
builders used the
device of
corbelling or
squinches in the
corners of a room.
Pendentives commonly occurred in Orthodox, Renaissance...
- was
previously confined to
covering limited transitional elements like
squinches, was now used to
cover entire domes and
vaults for
purely decorative effect...
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other motifs and
building layouts. In dome construction, Persian-style
squinches were used in some cases, but in
other cases the
domes were
supported by...
- is
supported on a
system of four
large squinches over the
diagonally placed exedrae, and
eight smaller squinches placed a
little higher so as to form the...
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typically applied to the
undersides of domes, pendentives, cornices,
squinches,
arches and
vaults and is
often seen in the
mihrab of a mosque. It can...
