Definition of Stylobate. Meaning of Stylobate. Synonyms of Stylobate

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Definition of Stylobate

Stylobate
Stylobate Sty"lo*bate, n. [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. ?; ? a pillar + ? one that treads, fr. ? to go.] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.

Meaning of Stylobate from wikipedia

- In classical Gr**** architecture, a stylobate (Gr****: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple...
- Stylobates may refer to: Stylobates (cnidarian), a genus of cnidarians in the family Actiniidae Stylobates (fungus), a genus of funguses in the order Agaricales...
- 38.23 m at the stylobate, which was made from stones. Corinth: A Doric temple was built in the 6th century BC. The temple's stylobate measures 21.36 x...
- wooden structure dedicated to Apollo, It measured 12.13 X38.23 m at the stylobate and the number of pteron columns was 5X15. In the earlier temples the...
- It was a Doric style peripteral temple measured 18,75x50,01m at the stylobate. The number of the originally wooden pteron columns was 6x16 (hexastyle)...
- normally stands on a base which separates the shaft of the column from the stylobate or platform while the cap is usually enriched with egg-and-dart. The ancient...
- is a term quoted by Vitruvius when referring to the rise given to the stylobate in the centre of the front and sides of a Gr**** temple. His explanation...
- Doric column was fluted, and had no base, dropping straight into the stylobate or platform on which the temple or other building stood. The capital was...
- three steps, of which the upper one which carried the columns was the stylobate. Masonry walls were emplo**** for temples from about 600 BC onwards. Masonry...
- Parthenon I was the lowest of the three steps of Parthenon II, whose stylobate dimensions Hill calculated at 23.51 by 66.888 metres (77.13 ft × 219.45 ft)...