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J. Elsner, "From the Culture of Spolia to the Cult of Relics: The Arch of Constantine and the Genesis of Late Antique Forms," Papers of the British School at Rome 68 (2000), 149–84. A. Esch, "Spolien: Zum Wiederverwendung antike Baustücke und Skulpturen in mittelalterlichen Italien," Archiv für Kunstgeschichte 51 (1969), 2–64.
2. The space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure. Spere The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house. Spire A tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building. Splay
Traffic and parades would pass through the monument. Vehicular movement under the arch was restricted in the 1950s. [14] Amar Jawan Jyoti was added under India Gate following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The war, which lasted from 3 to 16 December 1971, and ended with the Fall of Dhaka, was part of the liberation war in East Pakistan. [15]
Sedgemoor is a local government district in the English county of Somerset. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest".
The arch lacked a climate-control system, so the deck operated only during autumn and spring. [174] The arch and its deck also began hosting artwork by local artists. [3] [41] The state government provided a $160,000 grant in 1989 to fund the restoration of drainage and structural support systems. [175]
The counter-arch can be used, for example, when constructing the flying buttress, [6] buttressing arches built between the opposing building facades over narrow streets of old cities; [ 7 ] [ 8 ] in fortification, an arch built on the tops of counterforts behind the bastion walls intended to limit the scope of the potential wall breaching; [ 9 ]
Its golden arches have become one of the most iconic logos, decorating McDonald's from Kazakhstan to Norway to Guantanamo Bay.
Medieval architecture was completed with the 16th century Tudor style; the four-centred arch, now known as the Tudor arch, was a defining feature as were wattle and daub houses domestically. In the aftermath of the Renaissance, the English Baroque style appeared, which architect Christopher Wren particularly championed. [18]