Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
areostyle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Arch.) See
intercolumniation .
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- noun architecture
intercolumniation
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are five classes of temples, designated as follows: pycnostyle, with the columns close together; systyle, with the intercolumniations a little wider; diastyle, more open still; araeostyle, farther apart than they ought to be; eustyle, with the intervals apportioned just right.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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In araeostyle temples, the columns should be constructed so that their thickness is one eighth part of their height.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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In araeostyle temples one is free to arrange them as far apart as one likes.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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In the araeostyle, for instance, if only a ninth or tenth part is given to the thickness, the column will look thin and mean, because the width of the intercolumniations is such that the air seems to eat away and diminish the thickness of such shafts.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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