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Astylar (from Gr. ἀ-, privative, and στῦλος, a column) is an
architectural term
given to
design which uses
neither columns nor
pilasters for decorative...
- friezes. Even when
neither columns nor
pilasters are expressed, on an
astylar wall it lies upon the
architrave ("main beam") and is
capped by the moldings...
- Gr****
Doric mode. A
broad and low
central pediment supports the
windowed astylar drum
under an
invisibly low
saucer dome that
lights the
interior rotunda...
- 2017. The Arc de
Triomphe during the 2024
Summer Olympics in Paris. The
astylar design is by Jean
Chalgrin (1739–1811), in the
Neoclassical version of...
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Directoire and Empire,
might be
characterized by Jean Chalgrin's
severe astylar Arc de
Triomphe (designed in 1806). In
England the two
phases might be...
- railings,
which became one of the prin****l
decorative features of the
astylar terraced houses of this period.
Areas are also
found in the
English and...
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arranged so as to give
dignity to
buildings of
moderate height. This
early astylar form of the
temple is best
illustrated in this temple. The
gateway has...
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churches of the 18th century, like most of
Russian and
Baroque buildings, are
astylar. The
refectory and
belfries are
joined at the
western side.
Paintings in...
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capped with
viewing terraces under colonnades – two
Corinthian and one with
astylar round arches.
Visitors ascend by many
steps both
outside and inside, with...
- in 1832, as with all his
urban commissions in this
style the
design was
astylar. He
designed the
Gothic King Edward's School, New Street,
Birmingham (1833–37)...
