- A
tholobate (from Gr****: θολοβάτης, romanized:
tholobates, lit. 'dome pedestal') or drum is the
upright part of a
building on
which a dome is raised....
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ground or
raised aloft on
pendentives and
carrying a dome (also
known as a
tholobate), and to the drum-shaped
segments of a column,
which is
built up in several...
- arm has a window.
Additional five
windows of the
tholobate provide sufficient illumination. The
tholobate is
rather stumpy,
slightly narrowing in the upper...
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around them. The
original South Asian form is a
large solid dome
above a
tholobate, or drum, with
vertical sides,
which usually sits on a
square base. There...
- space. It was
increased by
introduction of
pillars that held now the
tholobate,
which gave
possibility to
experiment with the
walls and
improved esthetic...
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Onion dome
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resembles an onion. Such
domes are
often larger in
diameter than the
tholobate (drum) upon
which they sit, and
their height usually exceeds their width...
- the
round building may be
called a "rotunda".
Drums are also
called "
tholobates" and may or may not
contain windows. A "tambour" or "lantern" is the equivalent...
- nave and
crown the dome or
tholobate tower. The
vault allows a
significant reduction in the
diameter and
weight of the
tholobate, the dome and the tower...
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Onion dome
Elements Coffer Cupola Lantern Muqarnas Oculus Pendentive Rotunda Squinch Tholobate Whispering gallery Category Architecture
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