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architrave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
classical architecture, an
architrave (/ˈɑːrkɪtreɪv/; from Italian:
architrave "chief beam",...
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elements of
classical architecture, and are
commonly divided into the
architrave (the
supporting member immediately above;
equivalent to the
lintel in...
- in 1758 from the
order and
number of the
holes on the
front frieze and
architrave, to
which the
bronze letters had been
affixed by
projecting tines. According...
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which consists (from top to bottom) of the cornice, the frieze, and the
architrave.
Where a
triangular pediment is
above the entablature, the
cornice continues...
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columns nor
pilasters are expressed, on an
astylar wall it lies upon the
architrave ("main beam") and is
capped by the
moldings of the cornice. A
frieze can...
- very wide in
early versions, but
later more restrained.
Above a
plain architrave, the
complexity comes in the frieze,
where the two
features originally...
- the Twenty-Four
Elders in
medaillons and the Lamb as the keystone. The
architrave is
divided in two tiers. The
upper one is
slightly tilted and
shows Christ...
-
projection used near the top of the
architrave of the
Doric order in
classical architecture. At the top of the
architrave blocks, a row of six
guttae below...
- from
caves in Jerusalem, (1st
century AD)
Fragment of a
carved basalt architrave depicting a lion's head from the
Temple of Garni, Armenia, (1st century...
- and Composite.
These can
either be structural,
supporting an
arcade or
architrave, or
purely decorative, set
against a wall in the form of pilasters. One...
