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  2. Column - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] In the case of free-standing columns, the decorative elements atop the shaft are known as a finial. Modern columns may be constructed out of steel, poured or precast concrete, or brick, left bare or clad in an architectural covering, or veneer. Used to support an arch, an impost, or pier, is the topmost member of a column. The bottom ...

  3. Classical order - Wikipedia

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    To describe the four species of columns (he only mentions: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian) he uses, in fact, various words such as: genus (gender), mos (habit, fashion, manner), opera (work). The St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Church in Paris presents columns of the three orders: Doric at the ground floor, Ionic at the second floor, Corinthian ...

  4. Pilaster - Wikipedia

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    Two decorative Corinthian pilasters in the Church of Saint-Sulpice (Paris). In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall.

  5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A gable or facade with a decorative shape characteristic of traditional Dutch architecture. The top of the gable is shaped like a church bell. Coffer A sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling or vault. Also called caissons, or lacunar. [15] Colarin or Hypotrachelium

  6. Byzantine architecture - Wikipedia

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    Some of the columns were also made of marble. Other widely used materials were bricks and stone. [1] Mosaics made of stone or glass tesserae were also elements of interior architecture. Precious wood furniture, like beds, chairs, stools, tables, bookshelves and silver or golden cups with beautiful reliefs, decorated Byzantine interiors.

  7. Indian rock-cut architecture - Wikipedia

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    A profuse variety of decorative sculpture, intricately carved columns and carved reliefs are found, including exquisitely carved cornices and pilaster. [33] Skilled artisans crafted living rock to imitate timbered wood (such as lintels ) in construction and grain and intricate decorative carving, although such architectural elements were ...

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