10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTASIS»
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entasis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
entasis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present
Contrary to the mid-sixth-century B.C. use of entasis at the 'Basilica' at Paestum,
the Archaic Olympieion at Athens, and the Archaic Artemision of Ephesos (my n.
28), no entasis could be found on the columns of the mid- sixth-century B.C. ...
2
The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its ...
The entasis is most delicate in the north porch of tne Erech- ' Curves in plan,
convex or concave to the exterior, have sometimes been mentioned in
connection with the Parthenon and the temples at Paestum and Segesta. But
these are either ...
William Bell Dinsmoor, 1950
3
The Body of Myth: Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred ...
The Doric columns of the Parthenon are ever so slightly swollen; the several
cylindrical drums that together make the shaft are of unequal diameters, and the
resulting curve is close to hyperbolic (figure 24a). The technique, known as
entasis, ...
4
Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects
ENTASIS. TO. THE. OBELISK. By John Bell, Esq. Bead at the Ordinary General
Meeting of the Boyal Institute of British Architects, May 31st, 1S58. Being a
sculptor and not an architect, it is with some hesitation that I make any remarks in
...
5
The Pantheon in Rome: Contributions to the Conference, Bern, ...
Was entasis used in the portico of the Pantheon? The second question that can
be answered thanks to the D Bern Digital Pantheon Model and the
measurements taken is whether or not entasis was used in the classical
Corinthian Order of ...
Gerd Grasshoff, Michael Heinzelmann, Markus Wäfler, 2009
Entasis. 5 The Carlsberg masterplan, Copenhagen, showing the separate
building 'sections'. The numbers originally ... number 8 by the station seems to be
the first one to be planned, with a couple of competitions taking place there,
Entasis.
7
Journal of the Society of Arts
It was simply the curve of the entasis, approximating infinitely near to a catenary
or to a very flat hyperbola. He couM not definitely say whether it was one or the
other, but it was nearer to these curves than to the old-fashioned straight line.
8
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
It was simply the curve of the entasis, approximating infinitely near to a catenary
or to a very flat hyperbola. He coulil not definitely say whether it was ono or the
other, but it wa§ nearer to these curves than to the old-fashioned straight line.
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1859
9
Practical Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering, Both Plain ...
It has been always supposed by modern writers on architecture, that the contour
of the columns was that of a convex curve, called by Vitruvius the entasis. Some
writers have supposed that the greatest diameter of the shaft was not at the ...
The price of custom duplication depends upon the style of the column, its size,
whether it's fluted or plain, whether it has entasis, the style of the capital, as well
as locale and current price of lumber. Figure $550-$850 for a plain column.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTASIS»
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East Coast Biotech Roundup: Vertex, Biogen, Sarepta, Juno, & More
—Entasis Therapeutics made its debut July 1. The Waltham, MA-based company is a spinout of AstraZeneca and is focused on creating novel ... «Xconomy, Jul 15»
Whittled down to biotech size, AstraZeneca's antibiotics crew starts …
Meet Entasis Therapeutics, which is staying put in Waltham, MA, with a crew of 21 staffers led by Manos Perros, the new CEO and former ... «FierceBiotech, Jul 15»
Biotech firm targets new antibiotics
Entasis is focused on infections that have developed full resistance to other antibiotics, Perros said. It has one drug in Phase II clinical trials, ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
The Other Pabst Mansion
Each column is made from a single block of limestone and has the proper entasis (a slight swelling or curve in the middle). The finely pointed ... «urbanmilwaukee, Jun 15»
128-unit apartment building planned for Charleston's upper peninsula
Entasis Design Archtects. ×. Add another apartment complex to the mix proposed for Charleston's upper peninsula. Atlanta real estate investor ... «Charleston Post Courier, May 15»
Back in the Day: Bridgton's Town Hall is 135 years old
The entasis — the slight swelling from top to bottom in the shaft of the column — is here reversed, with the column instead swelling from the ... «The Bridgton News, Apr 15»
The Temple of Bassae is Greece's Shrouded Beauty
We could appreciate the exquisite detail of the carving of the Doric columns with their subtle entasis (bulging), though we could not enter the ... «Newsweek, Apr 15»
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Terry A. Maiers, a Job Captain at Entasis Design, PLLC, has posted 166 articles on LinkedIn. His post are not for the mild at heart, but if you ... «Pulse, Jan 15»
Q&A: Rebecca Dudley, Author of Hank Has a Dream
It wasn't a true… the columns had an entasis, the distortion they're supposed to have where they curve two-thirds of the way down. Some things ... «Chicagomag.com, Dec 14»
Demolition Train Announces "Unleash The Hordes" Album
'Unleash The Hordes' is recorded at Entasis Studio and the cover artwork is designed by Dimitar Nikolov." The track listing is: 1. Wrecking Crew «Metal Underground, Oct 14»
