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Impost (architecture)

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The imposts are left smooth or profiled, and "then express a certain separation between abutment and arch." The Byzantine fighters are high blocks, which are sometimes referred to as pulvino. The Romanesque designed the impost ornamentally or figuratively, similar to the capitals. In the Gothic
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period, the fighter almost completely disappeared from the calyx bud capital. The architecture of the Renaissance returns to the formation of the imposts of the ancient column orders.
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is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the
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window, where the central opening has an arch resting on the entablature of the
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of a smaller order is employed, as in the case of the
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Index

Impost

architecture
springer
voussoir
arch
entablature
Venetian
Palladian
pilasters
Romanesque
Gothic
abaci
Capital (architecture)
Abacus (architecture)
Pulvino
ISBN
978-3-8331-1038-2
"Meyers grosses Konversations-Lexikon. Ein Nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen Wissens. Sechste, gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. 15. Band: Oemichen bis Plakatschriften. 20 Bände in Halbleder gebunden zu je 10 Mk., in Prachtband zu je 12 Mk. Verlag des Bibliographischen Institutes, Leipzig und Wien"
doi
10.1002/bbpc.19070130907
ISSN
0372-8323
"Treccani, Ernesto"
doi
10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00185001
public domain
Chisholm, Hugh
Impost
Encyclopædia Britannica

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