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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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Colosseum, Rome, Italy, exterior view, facade.
Architecture; Amphitheaters; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Stadiums; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Circular buildings; Sports; Recreation; Games; Contests; Entertainment;...
"Dedicated by Vespasian in AD 79, this imposing building ...was built rapidly and inaugurated by Titus in AD 80...." (p.36)
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Samnite House, Herculaneum, Italy, interior view, fauces, First Style decoration.
Architecture; Buildings; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Passageways; Architectural elements; Walls; Murals; Paintings; Optical illusions; Cornices; Doors & doorways; Pilasters; Capitals (Columns);...
Fauces with First Style decoration that imitates smooth blocks of colored marble. (caption, p.25)
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Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, view from the Arco dei Pantani, watercolor reconstruction.
Architecture; Forums; Buildings; Courtyards; Plazas; Covered walks; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Walls; Columns; Capitals (Columns); Architectural orders; Colonnades; Peristyles; Entablatures; Cornices; Architectural decorations...
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Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, porticoes of the square, attic, recomposition.
Architecture; Forums; Courtyards; Plazas; Buildings; Architectural elements; Entablatures; Cornices; Moldings; Bead & reel moldings; Patterns (Design elements); Architectural decorations & ornaments; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture;...
"Recomposition of the attic of the porticoes of the square of the Forum in the House of the Knights of Rhodes: the recomposition was made in the 1940s, with the insertion of original fragments of figures of the divergent caryatids set on their...
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Study, cornice and various movements of the "Nudes" on the Sistine Chapel Vault.
Drawings; Studies (Visual works); Pencil works; Pen works; Ink drawings; Nudes; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Cornices
"Autograph drawing. Study in pencil and pen for a cornice (at the left above) and for various movements of the 'Nudes' on the Sistine Chapel Vault. (Florence. Casa Buonarroti. 75 F. See Exhibition of drawings by Michelangelo. Catalogue edited...
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy, exterior view, facade.
Architecture; Amphitheaters; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Stadiums; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Circular buildings; Sports; Recreation; Games; Contests; Entertainment;...
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La Madeleine, Paris, France, exterior view.
Architecture; Temples; Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Monuments; Architectural sculpture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Walls; Columns; Capitals (Columns); Corinthian order;...
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Guaranty (Prudential) Building, Buffalo, New York, exterior view.
Architecture; Buildings; Office buildings; Commercial facilities; Facades; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Walls; Windows; Cornices; Automobiles; Vehicles; Street lights; Traffic signs & signals; Trees; Plants
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