About 430 results for ‘Capital (architecture)’
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Capital (architecture)
In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, 'head') forms the topmost member of a column. It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface. The capital, projecting on each side as it rises to support the abacus, joins the usually square abacus and the usually circular shaft of the column. The capital may be convex, as in the Doric order; concave, as in the inverted bell of the Corinthian order; or scrolling out, as in the Ionic order. These form the three principal types on which all capitals are based. The Composite order (illustration, right), established in the 16th century on a hint from the Arch of Titus, adds Ionic volutes to Corinthian acanthus leaves. From the highly visible position it occupies in all colonnaded monumental buildings, the capital is often selected for ornamentation; and is often the clearest indicator of the architectural 'order'. The treatment of its detail may be an indication of the building's date.
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Cippe d'Anicetus ; stèle funéraire d'un médiomatrice mort...
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Pediment
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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Stèle d'Ipatteius Censorinus
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beard
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Pediment
- Tunic
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- Date:
- 2nd century
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Bellicus
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anvil
- Blacksmith
- Capital (architecture)
- Cat
- Column
- Dog
- …
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- Date:
- 2nd century
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Stèle de Regiola
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beaker (drinkware)
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Tunic
- Vase
- Woman
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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Cippe de Gabriella et de son mari ; Stèle de deux époux
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Man
- Woman
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- Date:
- 2nd century
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Cippe d'un couple et de ses deux servants
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Domestic worker
- Man
- Overcoat
- Tunic
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- Date:
- 2nd century
- 3rd century
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Stèle funéraire à personnages
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Blind arcade
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Man
- Overcoat
- Pilaster
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- Date:
- 2nd century
- 3rd century
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Stèle funéraire à personnages
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beard
- Blind arcade
- Capital (architecture)
- Man
- Overcoat
- Pilaster
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- Date:
- 2nd century
- 3rd century
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Stèle d'un homme
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Tunic
- Woman
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- Date:
- 2nd century
- 3rd century
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Stèle funéraire à personnages
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Entablature
- Man
- Overcoat
- Pilaster
- Tunic
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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fragment de bordure ajourée
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- Field(s):
- Belief
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Pilaster
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- Date:
- 14th century
- 15th century
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détail d'un chapiteau à l'intérieur du baptistère du Chambon
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Circumcision
- Le Chambon, Ardèche
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- Date:
- 20th century
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52 TOURNON-SUR-RHONE - ENTREE DU LYCEE (XVIIE S.)
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- 17th century
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Door
- Tournon-sur-Rhône
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123 ARLES - CLOITRE SAINT-TROPHIME. -CHAPITEAU DU XIIe S....
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Acanthus (ornament)
- Arles
- Capital (architecture)
- Nativity of Jesus
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- Date:
- 20th century
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127 ARLES - CLOITRE ST-TROPHIME. CHAPITEAU XIIe SIECLE. A...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Capital (architecture)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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1205 ARLES - CLOITRE ST-TROPHIME. CHAPITEAU XIIe SIECLE ;...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Capital (architecture)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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6 EN PROVENCE - ARLESIENNE AU CLOITRE DU MONTMAJOUR
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Capital (architecture)
- Cloister
- Column
- Flower
- Folk costume
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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98 ARLES - ARLESIENNE AU COUVENT DE SAINT-TROPHIME
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Book
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Convent
- Folk costume
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- Date:
- 20th century
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194 ARLES - ARLESIENNE AU CLOITRE DE SAINT-TROPHIME
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arles
- Book
- Capital (architecture)
- Cloister
- Column
- Folk costume
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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AIX-EN-PROVENCE - LES TAMBOURINAIRES SESTIAN
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Music
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Column
- Drum
- Flute
- Folk costume
- Hat
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- Date:
- 20th century
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70 ENV. DE BOURBON-L'ARCHAMBAULT - SAINT-MENOUX - TOMBEAU...
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Flower
- Gate
- Reliquary
- Sarcophagus
- Statue
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- Date:
- 20th century
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