Architecture and Ornament: An Illustrated DictionaryFor architects, historians, preservationists, students or homeowners, this richly illustrated two-part dictionary makes it easy to identify a specific architectural detail even if you have no idea what the technical term for it is. Unlike traditional dictionaries that require you to know the name of the term before you look it up, this work allows you to visually identify a particular building element in a series of illustrations. Once the visual identification is made, the name of the term is given, making it simple for you to look it up in the traditional architectural dictionary section of the work. The illustrations are arranged by main categories with common labels -- windows and doors; walls; roofs; columns; stairs; ornament and moldings; and arches, vaults and domes. For example, one would find illustrations for many types of columns, such as Tuscan, Doric, and Corinthian, and then could find many parts of these columns further identified. This broad range of architectural illustrations allows the work to function not only as a traditional architectural dictionary, but also as a design source or as an overview of architectural ornament and detailing. |
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Architecture and Ornament: An Illustrated Dictionary Margaret Maliszewski-Pickart No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
amphiprostyle angle anthemion arcade arch an arch ARCHED WINDOW architectural Architrave balusters balustrade band bead bell billet block brackets brick building called classical orders columns 88 constructed corbel corner cornice crenels Crepidoma curved decorative describing a portico distyle dome door or window Doric DORIC ORDER dormer double-hung eaves wall edge elements enneastyle entablature facade face finial flat Fluted foliage frame Frieze gable end header horizontal jerkinhead joint Joist Keystone lintel lower masonry masonry bond masonry units modillion molding molding a molding molding composed Multipane newel ogee ornament pane panel pediment pentastyle pilaster polygonal porch Rafter rail ridge roof a roof ROUND ARCHED sash scroll shaft sides Sill Course skylight slope Soffit spire square stile stone story stretcher stringcourse structure surface takes the shape tower tracery Transom Triglyph types typically vertical Vitruvian scroll Volute voussoir window a window wood