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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, interior view, facing east.
Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Religious facilities; Buildings; Christianity; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Interiors; Structural elements; Walls; Naves; Apses; Windows; Stained glass; Arches; Arcades (Architectural...
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Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Doric columns.
Architecture; Temples; Greek temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Ruins; Archaeological sites; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Architectural orders; Doric order; Colonnades
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Egyptian columns (lotus bud, lotus flower, fluted), Persian column (with double bull capital), colonnade, diagrams.
Architecture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Architectural sculpture; Sculpture; Capitals (Columns); Flowers; Animals; Bulls; Cattle; Colonnades; Diagrams; Drawings; Architectural...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Column and Colonnade" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Elements included: capital; shaft; base; capital (double bull).
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Santa Maria in Valle, Cividale, Italy, interior view, choir.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Chapels; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Columns; Capitals (Columns); Architectural orders; Corinthian order; Architraves; Arches; Vaults...
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San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, interior view, apse and choir, with mosaic of Christ between two angels, Saint Vitalis, and Bishop Ecclesius.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Shrines; Octagonal buildings; Christianity; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Ceilings; Walls; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Architectural...
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San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, interior view, apse and choir, with mosaic of Christ between two angels, Saint Vitalis, and Bishop Ecclesius.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Shrines; Octagonal buildings; Christianity; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Apses; Vaults (Architecture); Ceilings; Walls; Mosaics; Biblical events; Men; Saints; Bishops; Prelates; Clergy;...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, exterior view, west facade, Royal Portal.
Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Religious facilities; Buildings; Facades; Walls; Tympana; Doors & doorways; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns;...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, exterior view, west facade, Royal Portal, central doorway, jamb statues, Old Testament kings and queen, upper half of figures.
Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Religious facilities; Buildings; Facades; Doors & doorways; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Sculpture;...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, exterior view, west facade, Royal Portal.
Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Religious facilities; Buildings; Facades; Walls; Tympana; Doors & doorways; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Religious architectural elements; Columns; Arches; Lintels; ...
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, exterior view, west facade, Royal Portal, central doorway, jamb statues, Old Testament kings and queen.
Architecture; Churches; Cathedrals; Religious facilities; Buildings; Facades; Doors & doorways; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Sculpture;...
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Medieval cathedral, floorplan.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Cathedrals; Churches; Floor plans; Drawings; Architectural drawings; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Apses; Passageways; Naves; Walls; Vaults...
Elements included are: N transept, S transept, apse, north aisle, south aisle, nave, west end, walls, vaults, piers, columns.
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Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome, Italy, capital.
Architecture; Temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Capitals (Columns); Columns; Architectural orders; Corinthian order;...
"Capital based on the Corinthian order with winged horses (Pegasuses) from a pilaster in Lunense marble, from the first order of the decoration of the interior of the cella of the temple of Mars Ultor. The lower part of the kalathos is covered...
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Orders of Greek architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), diagram.
Architecture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Structural systems; Construction; Architectural orders; Doric order; Ionic order; Corinthian order; Pediments; Cornices; Entablatures; Friezes (Entablature components); Architectural...
Elements include: raking cornice; pediment; cornice; entablature; frieze; plain or continuously sculptured frieze; triglyph; metope; architrave; banded architrave; column; capital; abacus; echinus; volutes; acanthus leaves; shaft; flutes; base;...
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Doric and Ionic orders, diagrams.
Architecture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Structural systems; Construction; Architectural orders; Doric order; Ionic order; Pediments; Cornices; Entablatures; Friezes (Entablature components); Architraves; Columns; Capitals...
Elements included: stylobate; column; shaft; capital; abacus; echinus; necking; entablature; frieze; architrave or epistyle; metope; triglyph; cornice; raking cornice; pediment; base; fasciae; volute.
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St. Michael's Church (Abbey Church of St. Michael), Hildesheim, Germany, interior view, column capitals detail.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Basilicas; Religious facilities; Abbeys; Christianity; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Architectural sculpture; Sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Columns; Capitals (Columns);...
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Old Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy, plan.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Basilicas; Christianity; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Naves; Columns; Colonnades; Courtyards; Atriums; Apses; Narthexes; Drawings;...
1) nave 2) aisle 3) apse 4) transept 5) narthex 6) atrium (the restoration of the forecourt is conjectural)
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Old Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy, plan.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Basilicas; Christianity; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Naves; Columns; Colonnades; Courtyards; Atriums; Apses; Narthexes; Drawings;...
1) nave 2) aisle 3) apse 4) transept 5) narthex 6) atrium (the restoration of the forecourt is conjectural)
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy, depiction on coin.
Coins; Money; Metalwork; Architecture; Amphitheaters; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Stadiums; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Circular buildings; Sports; Recreation; Games;...
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Old Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy, restored view, plan, section.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Basilicas; Christianity; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Naves; Columns; Colonnades; Courtyards; Atriums; Passageways; Apses; Narthexes; Altars;...
(a) restored view, (b) plan, (c) section; the restoration of the forecourt is conjectural.
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Old Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy, section.
Architecture; Buildings; Churches; Religious facilities; Basilicas; Christianity; Architectural elements; Religious architectural elements; Structural elements; Naves; Columns; Colonnades; Passageways; Apses; Altars; Arches; Drawings; Architectural...
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