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[[Image:Maison carree side.jpg|thumb|230px|left|Engaged columns embedded in the side walls of the [[cella]] of the [[Maison Carrée]] at [[ |
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In [[architecture]], an '''engaged column''' is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached. Engaged [[column]]s are rarely found in [[Architecture of Ancient Greece|classical Greek architecture]], and then only in exceptional cases, but in [[Roman architecture]] they exist in profusion, most commonly embedded in the [[cella]] walls of [[pseudoperipteral]] buildings |
In [[architecture]], an '''engaged column''' is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached. Engaged [[column]]s are rarely found in [[Architecture of Ancient Greece|classical Greek architecture]], and then only in exceptional cases, but in [[Roman architecture]] they exist in profusion, most commonly embedded in the [[cella]] walls of [[pseudoperipteral]] buildings |
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* Stierlin, Henri ''The Roman Empire: From the Etruscans to the Decline of the Roman Empire'', [[Taschen|TASCHEN]], 2002 |
* Stierlin, Henri ''The Roman Empire: From the Etruscans to the Decline of the Roman Empire'', [[Taschen|TASCHEN]], 2002 |
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In architecture, an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached. Engaged columns are rarely found in classical Greek architecture, and then only in exceptional cases, but in Roman architecture they exist in profusion, most commonly embedded in the cella walls of pseudoperipteral buildings
Engaged columns serve a similar function as wall buttresses but are distinct from pilasters, which by definition are ornamental and not structural.
See also
References
- Stierlin, Henri The Roman Empire: From the Etruscans to the Decline of the Roman Empire, TASCHEN, 2002
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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