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a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall having and a base and ususally imitating the form of a colum =)
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How do you pronounce pilaster?
Pilaster is pronounced, pie-laster, emphasis on pie.
What exactly is the function of a pilaster?
A pilaster is a projecting column built into the face of a wall. It is meant only to give the appearance of a supporting column. It is entirely ornate however, and has no role in the structural integrity of the building.
The term used for a half-column attached to a wall?
It's called a pilaster
What is an anta?
An anta is a kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster.
What is the half-column placed against a wall called?
The word you're looking for is Pilaster. A "slightly projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall."
What are Corinthian pilasters?
A pilaster is a column like projection that is still attached to a wall. A Corinthian pilaster is one in the Corinthian style or order, which is a style of Ancient Greek column which has a large capital (top) in a shape like an inverted bell that features acanthus leaves, and above these four equally spaced scrolls, palm leaves or lotus leaves. The column is relatively slender and has vertical curved grooves with flat bands between them. The column has a base that is visually a circular platform simply decorated by an ogee like curved profile.
What were the key features of Anglo saxon cathedrals?
distinctive feature of walling, blank arcading perhaps within vertical pilaster strips (as extant in the tower walls at Earls Barton in Northamptonshire and at Bradford-upon-Avon, and Wiltshire.
What is the definition of a capital city?
The capital is the crowning member of a column or a pilaster. (Head of column) in classic architecture, such as in ancient Roman and Greek architecture.
Is capital a concrete noun?
There are several definitions for the noun capital:accumulated financial resources, assets: abstracta city serving as the seat of government: abstracta letter of the alphabet that is upper case: concretethe crowning piece of a pillar or pilaster: concrete
What 6 letter word can be formed using the letters d a a n s t?
The letters do not spell any 6 letter words. They can be used to spell the 5 letter words antas (a pilaster formed at the termination of a wall), nadas (nothing) and stand.
What is 'ante' when translated from French to English?
"Anta" is an English equivalent of the French word ante. The feminine singular noun most famously references an architectural style in which a pilaster with a base and a column goes on either side of the entrance doorway to a Greek temple. The pronunciation will be "awnt" in French.
What contributions did the Roman Empire make in the following areas art architecture and engineering language writing philosophy and law?
Primarily the Arch Pilaster and domes. They were pretty sure that an arch was safe to walk under because, when they built one, they made the Designer/Architect stand under it while they removed the supports after construction.
