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entablature. In Classical
Orders the entire horizontal mass of material carried on columns and
pilasters above the
abaci. Normally it consists of three main horizontal divisions, the
architrave (essentially the
lintel spanning between the columns), the
frieze (occasionally elided (omitted), as in certain examples of the
Ionic Order, especially
Hellenistic versions), and
cornice. An entablature on the top of an
astylar (without columns or pilasters) façade, as in a Florentine
Renaissance palazzo, is called
cornicione. Entablatures are also found at the tops of Classical rooms, between ceiling and wall.
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RainCastle Work Lauded as One of the Best Architecture Sites by Entablature.com.
Business Wire; 10/3/2002; 491 words
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Ducking and diving like a seal, Sutherland Lyall navigates the waters of the web.(about architectural services using websites)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...several others were making the second Entablature architecture website awards at http://www.entablature.com/awards.htm. Following recent...usba.com it is pleasing to see that Entablature awarded this site its gold medal for...
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Spring Hurlbut at the Municipal Art Society. (New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...architectural elements - friezes, entablatures, capitals - in which eggs...place. In Quail Ovo and Dart Entablature (1989), she exchanges...quail eggs. Ovo and Claw Entablature (1990) uses turkey eggs...cast chicken feet. Dentil Entablature (1989) replaces the regular...
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Shoring system preserves historic facades: a tale of two temples illustrates a nonintrusive solution to column restoration.
Magazine article from: Building Design & Construction; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...portico consisting of a pediment and entablature supported by six Ionic columns. Each...from a single block of marble. The entablature and pediment were constructed from blocks...and positioned below the soffit of the entablature lifted the pediment 5/8 inch above...
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The Classical Ideal; After 2,500 Years, Still So Nice to Come Home To
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/17/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...structural system of columns and beams, known as entablatures. Both columns and entablatures were composed of three elements--base...and architrave, frieze and cornice for the entablatures. The combinations were set out as "orders...
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Home tips
Magazine article from: Southern Living; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...header beam above (also known as the entablature). This alignment will cause the capital...of the column to protrude beyond the entablature. The incorrect way of installing columns...column, capital and all, under the entablature. Wood Siding It is a good idea to repaint...
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The right proportions
Magazine article from: Southern Living; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...column shaft should always align with the outer edges of the entablature (the horizontal beam that rests above the two pillars...and capital. Equally important is the proportion of the entablature in relation to the house and components of the portico...
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Inauguration brings contemporary art show to Harvard
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/27/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Lichtenstein room and look down the length of his 1976 "Entablature," a whizzing zipper of a painting in blacks, grays and...Lichtensteins were already up. No, he says, the juxtaposition of "Entablature" and "Yellow Black" wasn't conscious. But, he adds...
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Learning in New Delhi: this is the first major addition to New Delhi's symbolic capitol since Independence. It resonates with the past at many levels, and suggests new approaches to monumentality.
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...which a giant order rises from a plinth to support a huge entablature and attic. The circular plan is a symbol of the desire to...distance, coherence is retained by a continuous abstracted entablature that ties all the smaller forms together and prepares for...
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ISN'T THAT IONIC?
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 8/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The temple-like entrance features Doric pilasters and entablature. * Robert Culbertson House, 304 East Franklin St., Troy...with two well- proportioned Doric columns supporting an entablature topped with an iron railing and balcony. Interior severely...
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entablature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
entablature , the entire unit of horizontal members...Roman or Renaissance. The height of the entablature in relation to the column supporting...about one fourth the column height. The entablature's component members are the architrave...
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Brunelleschi, Filippo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Classical columns carrying fragmentary entablatures from which the arches spring, and...three Corinthian columns carrying an entablature between which is an arch. Behind the...articulated by means of pilasters , entablatures, archivolts , and other architectural...
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atlas
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...a column, used as a support for an entablature , or other architectural element, e...caryatid , or telamon , which supports the entablature on its head. Some sources state that...Doric columns to help to support the entablature with heads and arms ( c. 480 BC...
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aedicule
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...or a pedestal supporting two or more columns carrying an entablature and pediment thus forming a frame or canopied housing for...aperture consisting of two columns or pilasters over which is an entablature with pediment, like a miniature distyle building: such...
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Alberti, Leon Battista
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Miniato. Above, the crowning pediment is carried on an entablature and four pilasters , suggesting a temple-front , and large...originally intended to have six pilasters carrying a broken entablature and pediment: the arch linking the two parts of the pediment...
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