Entablature

Definitions

All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.

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Examples

“In the midst was one immense cedar, worthy to have⟳ been a summer palace on Lebanon; beneath, sheltered by its huge boughs from the sun, was a well, whose square marble walls were covered with the entablatures of the Roman days,—oval compartments of figures, surrounded by a carved wreath of the palm.”

“Such a distinctive and pleasing feature did this become⟳ that it was widely adapted to brick construction, the outward projection of pilasters and engaged columns, often both, supporting pediments and entablatures which had the effect of increasing the depth of brick walls.”

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