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[[Image:The Maison Carrée, 1st century BCE Corinthian temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes, France) (14562056828)|thumb|Engaged columns embedded in the side walls of the [[cella]] of the [[Maison Carrée]] at [[Nîmes]] (France)]] |
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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.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |inline=y |wstitle=Engaged Column |volume=9 |pages=404–405}}</ref> 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 abundance, most commonly embedded in the [[cella]] walls<ref name=EB1911/> 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.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |inline=y |wstitle=Engaged Column |volume=9 |pages=404–405}}</ref> 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 abundance, most commonly embedded in the [[cella]] walls<ref name=EB1911/> of [[pseudoperipteral]] buildings. |
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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.[1] Engaged columns are rarely found in classical Greek architecture, and then only in exceptional cases, but in Roman architecture they exist in abundance, most commonly embedded in the cella walls[1] of pseudoperipteral buildings.
In the temples it is attached to the cella walls, repeating the columns of the peristyle, and in the theatres and amphitheatres, where they subdivided the arched openings: in all these cases engaged columns are utilized as a decorative feature, and as a rule the same proportions are maintained as if they had been isolated columns. In Romanesque work the classic proportions were no longer adhered to; the engaged column, attached to the piers, has always a special function to perform, either to support subsidiary arches, or, raised to the vault, to carry its transverse or diagonal ribs. The same constructional object is followed in the earlier Gothic styles, in which they become merged into the mouldings. Being virtually always ready made, so far as their design is concerned, they were much affected by the Italian revivalists.[1]
Engaged column vs. pilaster
Engaged columns serve a similar function as wall buttresses but are distinct from pilasters, which by definition are ornamental and not structural.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Engaged Column". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 404–405.
- Stierlin, Henri The Roman Empire: From the Etruscans to the Decline of the Roman Empire, TASCHEN, 2002
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