archie
Sign in Get the app

Identifying feature

Entablature

The horizontal band above classical columns, in three layers: architrave (main beam), frieze (middle band, often carved) and cornice (projecting ledge). It spans the columns and supports the roof or pediment above.

also seen on

Empire

often seen with

Carved stone relief Figures or patterns carved into stone so they project from a flat background, called low relief when shallow… Classical column A column based on Greek and Roman designs, with a base, shaft, and decorative capital. Colonnade A row of evenly spaced columns carrying a horizontal beam, called an entablature, or a roof. Corinthian order A classical column style whose capital, the top block, is carved with acanthus leaves (a Mediterranean… Pediment A low triangle over columns, a door or a window, framed by a projecting ledge called a cornice. Round arch An arch shaped as a half circle, often built from wedge-shaped blocks called voussoirs. Symmetrical facade A facade, or main front, whose left and right halves mirror each other, usually with the main door at the…