Definition of Tetrastyle. Meaning of Tetrastyle. Synonyms of Tetrastyle

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Definition of Tetrastyle

Tetrastyle
Tetrastyle Tet"ra*style, a. [L. tetrastylon, Gr. ? with four pillars in front; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ? a column.] (Arch.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade. -- n. A tetrastyle building.

Meaning of Tetrastyle from wikipedia

- architecture, the pronaos of a temple is typically topped with a pediment. The tetrastyle has four columns; it was commonly emplo**** by the Gr****s and the Etruscans...
- termed according to their construction as follows: Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviate, and testudinate. In the Tuscan, the girders that cross the...
- in the province of Mauretania Tingitana. The building incorporates a tetrastyle architectural design, and was dedicated to the Roman Emperor Macrinus...
- sanctuary was composed of three consecutive rooms, with eight columns and the tetrastyle cell. Part of the first room, with the ceiling decorated with astral scenes...
- to support its ceiling with columns; thus, according to Vitruvius, the tetrastyle oecus had four columns; in the Corinthian oecus there was a row of columns...
- brick with stone dressings. The main feature on the entrance front is the tetrastyle Corinthian pedimented portico. This leads to the entrance hall with red...
- is found west of the theater of Dionysus. Themis' temple in Dodona is tetrastyle pronaos in antis with a cella, an entrance on the northside and outside...
- Optimus Maximus in the middle.[ambiguous] It included a podium and a tetrastyle (four-columned) pronaos (porch). Another shrine (sacellum) dedicated to...
- prostyle include the Temple of Athena Nike, Akropolis, Athens, a prostyle tetrastyle (i.e. with four columns). There are also prostyle hexastyle and prostyle...
- proposes that the dimensions and materials indicate that it was an Ionic tetrastyle amphiprostyle temple, i.e. with four Ionic columns at the north and south...