- An
exedra (pl.:
exedras or
exedrae) is a
semicircular architectural recess or platform,
sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and
either set into a building's...
-
walls which enclosed the
piazza to the west and east
featured exedrae;
outside the
exedrae,
separated by streets, were
markets of
concentric shape. The...
- four semi-domes, each of
which is
flanked by
three smaller semi-domes or
exedrae. Four
smaller domes cover the
corners of the
prayer hall. On the outside...
-
double depth to
protect against the weather.
Rounded halls with
seats (
exedrae, ἐξέδραι) were
built along the
single depth sides of the
palaestra for...
-
Corinthian order, a high
surrounding wall with
protruding niches (oikoi,
exedrae) at its long sides, an
inner courtyard surrounded by
columns and a decorative...
-
placed along the left side of the
Forum and in the left
exedrae, the
entire right side and
right exedrae were full of
statues of men in the Julian-Claudian...
- a garden,
lounging rooms, gymnasiums, and
small halls and
semicircular exedrae used as
lecture and
reading rooms.
Rectangular halls connected to the hemicycle...
- substructures,
Harrison also
posited the
existence of a pair of two-storey
exedrae,
composed of
three niches with a pier in between, on the
northern and southern...
- the
Forum Augustum as phallic, "with its two semi-circular
galleries or
exedrae as the ****s and its long
projecting forecourt as the shaft". The outsized...
- antechoir. Many
effects in the
building were
later used in
Hagia Sophia: the
exedrae expand the
central nave on
diagonal axes,
colourful columns screen the...