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Architectural History

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6 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Architectural History.

  • Alfiz — A rectangular or otherwise outlined architectural molding that frames the exterior of an arch, especially in Iberian Islamic, Mozarabic and Mudéjar architecture.
  • Diamond vault — A late-Gothic and Renaissance vault form whose intersecting folded surfaces create a faceted concave-convex ceiling resembling cut diamonds.
  • Estipite — A Mannerist and Baroque support motif shaped as a tapering inverted obelisk, often stacked and ornamented as a pilaster.
  • Opus emplectum — A composite masonry technique using finished stone faces to contain a rubble-and-mortar wall core.
  • Prothyrum — A small projecting porch, vestibule, or aedicular shelter placed immediately before an entrance in classical and medieval architecture.
  • Shōrō — A Japanese Buddhist-temple bell tower, with historically distinct enclosed and open-sided structural types, built to house and sound the temple bell.