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Definition of Architraves

Architrave
Architrave Ar"chi*trave, n. [F. architrave, fr. It. architrave; pref. archi- + trave beam, L. trabs.] (Arch.) (a) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column. (b) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

Meaning of Architraves from wikipedia

- Look up architrave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In classical architecture, an architrave (/ˈɑːrkɪtreɪv/; from Italian: architrave "chief beam",...
- elements of classical architecture, and are commonly divided into the architrave (the supporting member immediately above; equivalent to the lintel in...
- of over 3 metres (9.8 ft). The architraves, on top of these columns, are estimated to weigh 70 tons. These architraves may have been lifted to these heights...
- Sculptural coffers from the temple ceiling, (350–325 BC) Ionic capitals, architraves and antae, (350–325 BC) Marble torso of a charioteer, (320–300 BC) Mausoleum...
- 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...
- 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...
- large stones such as obelisks, statues, monolithic columns or large architraves, that may have been moved a considerable distance after quarrying. It...
- The hieroglyphs on an architrave in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos (read from right to left). The names of Seti I and Ramesses II are overlaid in the same...
- Salome dances before Herod, his subsequent beheading and his burial. The architraves are probably by the same artists who also did the foiled columns and...
- 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...