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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
In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle A continuous porch of columns surrounding a courtyard or garden (see also Peristasis). In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale
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
An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. [1] Supported by corbels, brackets, or similar cantilevers, an oriel window generally projects from an upper floor, but is also sometimes used on the ground floor.
Tamil Lexicon dictionary This page was last edited on 25 July 2017, at 17:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Buildings and structures in Tamil Nadu (26 C, 23 P) C. ... Pages in category "Tamil architecture" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Pandavatutar Perumal Temple or Thirupadagam located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple is extolled in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham , the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the ...