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The Chiesa del Purgatorio, Ragusa: the facade are angled (canted) back from the centre. County Hall, Aylesbury with canted recesses. A cant in architecture is an angled (oblique-angled) line or surface that cuts off a corner. [1] [2] Something with a cant is canted. Canted façades are a typical of, but not exclusive to, Baroque architecture.
Cant (architecture), part of a facade; CANT (aviation) (Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini), an aircraft manufacturer; Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill; Cant (road/rail), an angle of a road or track; Cant (shooting), referring to a gun being tilted around the longitudinal axis, rather than being horizontally levelled
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Dravidian architecture: c. 11th century CE Padi: The temple dates back to several centuries earlier. The presiding deity of the temple is revered in the 7th-century Tamil Shaivite canonical work, the Tevaram. [20] Existing structure built during the reign of the Chola dynasty around 11th century CE. 14 Velveeswarar Temple: Dravidian architecture
The earliest surviving chaitya arch, at the entrance to the Lomas Rishi Cave, 3rd century BC. In Indian architecture, gavaksha or chandrashala (kudu in Tamil, also nāsī) [1] are the terms most often used to describe the motif centred on an ogee, circular or horseshoe arch that decorates many examples of Indian rock-cut architecture and later Indian structural temples and other buildings.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term oriel is derived from Anglo-Norman oriell and Late Latin oriolum, both meaning "gallery" or "porch", perhaps from Classical Latin aulaeum ("curtain"). Oriel College, Oxford, took its name from a balcony or oriel window forming a feature of a building which occupied the site the college now ...
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The Ripon Building, Chennai, an example of the Indo-Saracenic architectural style found in the city.. Chennai architecture is a confluence of many architectural styles. From ancient Tamil temples built by the Pallavas, to the Indo-Saracenic style (pioneered in Madras) of the colonial era, to 20th-century steel and chrome of skyscrapers.