Definition of Octastyle. Meaning of Octastyle. Synonyms of Octastyle

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Definition of Octastyle

Octastyle
Octastyle Oc"ta*style, a. See Octostyle.

Meaning of Octastyle from wikipedia

- is the best-preserved Roman hexastyle temple surviving from antiquity. Octastyle buildings had eight columns; they were considerably rarer than the hexastyle...
- up of four columns, it is a tetrastyle; of six, hexastyle; of eight, octastyle; of ten, decastyle; and of twelve, dodecastyle. If the columns are ****ed...
- the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pedimented octastyle porticos. It was also suggested that despite gigantic dimensions, the...
- Temple of the Deified Claudius (Lat. Templum Divi Claudii) was a large octastyle temple built in Camulodunum, the modern Colchester in Es****. The main...
- diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle, monostylous, octastyle, orthostyle, peristyle, prostyle, pycnostyle, stylite, Stylites, stylobate...
- many different labourers were needed. The Parthenon is a peripteral octastyle Doric temple with Ionic architectural features. It stands on a platform...
- e. with four columns). There are also prostyle hexastyle and prostyle octastyle temples. This architectural element probably originated in the eastern...
- across the front, like the Theseion in Athens. (Figure 7.) Peripteral octastyle describes a temple with a single row of columns around the naos, (Figure...
- front distyle 2 columns tetrastyle 4 columns, term used by Vitruvius hexastyle 6 columns, term used by Vitruvius octastyle 8 columns decastyle 10 columns...
- inside Borsa building. Overall, the temple was presumed to have been octastyle, elevated on a typical Roman high podium, peripteral in style and likely...