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Ashlar (/ ˈ æ ʃ l ər /) is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. [1] Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, and is generally rectangular . It was described by Vitruvius as opus isodomum or trapezoidal.
Ashlar masonry was used in the most sacred, elite Incan structures; for example, the Acllawasi ("House of the Chosen Woman"), the Coricancha ("Golden Enclosure") in Cuzco, and the Sun Temple at Machu Picchu. Thus it seems that ashlar may have been more greatly valued by the Inca, perhaps considered more difficult than polygonal ("pillow-faced ...
Four sculpted panels, framed by a band of palmettes, adorn the faces of the sarcophagus. They represent scenes of a banquet, a journey and a lion hunt. [82] VII #11 Marble anthropoid, female figure Nothing [81] But in Sarcophagus 11 trough contained 29 necklace beads made of gold and silver, 3 carnelian wedjat eye amulets, and 6 glass beads. [81]
Rustication therefore often reverses the patterns of medieval and later vernacular architecture, where roughly dressed wall surfaces often contrast with ashlar quoins and frames to openings. Regular smooth-faced rustication (left) turns to horizontal banded rustication at the corner of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, England.
Ashlar Hall | 1397 Central Ave. The historic Ashlar Hall dates back to 1896, and is getting new life as an event venue. Developer Juan Montoya purchased the property in 2016 for $59,000 and has ...
Core-and-veneer, brick and rubble, wall and rubble, ashlar and rubble, and emplekton all refer to a building technique where two parallel walls are constructed and the core between them is filled with rubble or other infill, creating one thick wall. [1] Originally, and in later poorly constructed walls, the rubble was not consolidated.
Serpent stone of the Aberlemno sculptured stones. Sculptured stones is a name applied to carved stone monuments from the early Christian period excavated in various parts of the British Isles and Scandinavia.
Bronze statue on ashlar pedestal: Category A–listed Unveiled 26 November 1831. Commemorates George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822. [24] More images: Statue of William Pitt the Younger: Junction of George Street and Frederick Street