Impost (architecture)
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In architecture, an impost or impost block is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch.[1][2]
Ornamental training
The imposts are left smooth or profiled, and "then express a certain separation between abutment and arch."[3] 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 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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Toman, Rolf, ed. (2010). Gothic Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Potsdam: H.F. Ullmann. p. 504. ISBN 978-3-8331-1038-2.
- ^ Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Volume II. New York: Macmillan. p. 464.
- ^ "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". Zeitschrift für Elektrotechnik und Elektrochemie. 13 (9): 79–80. 1907-03-01. doi:10.1002/bbpc.19070130907. ISSN 0372-8323.
- ^ "Treccani, Ernesto", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press, 2011-10-31, retrieved 2022-03-26
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