10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULVINATED»
Discover the use of
pulvinated in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pulvinated and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Art and Architecture in Naples, 1266-1713: New Approaches
Over the architrave is placed what one might call the innovative 'ionic section' of
the portal which, in line with Leon Battista Alberti's precepts of the same period, is
made up of two long corbels and a pulvinated fascia frieze, formed by a ...
Cordelia Warr, Janis Elliott, 2010
2
The Bath-Gymnasium Complex at Sardis
The Entablature The entablature of the first story order is composed of three parts
: an architrave, a pulvinated frieze and a cornice. The parts bear the following
proportion to the whole: architrave, 0.35:1; frieze, 0.3:1; cornice, 0.35:1 (Figs.
3
From Mycenae to Constantinople: The Evolution of the Ancient ...
... Battle of 49, 56, 69 Marble, Carrara 152 masonry: Pergamene 119–20;
pulvinated 88 Mausolus 7; and Priene 86 Megara Hyblaea 16 Megaron 35
Menidi, Tholos tomb 45 Miletus 5 Mummius 78, 81 Museum at Alexandria 102
Mycenae 1, 4, ...
Richard A. Tomlinson, 2002
... deep window embrasures and the shutters delicately carved with flowering
branches, the corniced doorpieces with leafy pulvinated friezes. More foliaged
enrichment at the chimney- pieces and the broken-pedimented mirrored
overmantels.
5
The Power of Movement in Plants
Thus the movements of the cotyledons of Brassica oleracea and of Ipomoea
cserulea, which are not provided with pulvini, are as complex as those of Oxalis
and Cassia which are thus provided. The pulvinated cotyledons of some
individuals ...
Charles Darwin, Sir Francis Darwin, 1897
6
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919
The contraction under direct stimulation is also observed in pulvinated organs.
When light acts from above theupperhalf of the pulvinusundergoes contraction,
resultinginerection ofthe motile leaf or leaflets. As regards the effectofindirect ...
7
The Architecture of Roman Temples: The Republic to the ...
Palladio reconstructed it as a standard Corinthian entablature with a pulvinated
frieze, although we have no way of knowing how accurate he was (Fig. 53). 41
There are extant fragments of coffering that were used in the peristyle ceiling,
which ...
8
The Library of Congress: The Art and Architecture of the ...
A plinth course is a continuous plinth serving as base to a number of columns,
pilasters, or balusters (balustrade). Post. An upright supporting member.
Pulvinated. Pillow-shaped, as in the curved profile of a frieze, such as in a
pulvinated frieze ...
John Young Cole, Henry Hope Reed, 1997
9
Introduction to the study of fossil organic remains: ...
Anterior surface globose, the posterior subangular, pulvinated, and abrupt ; the
circumference elliptical ; the vertex excentric ; the base rather narrow. The 5th,
6th, and 7th species of Phelsum, turcica, vicia, and ovata, appear to be merely ...
10
Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut
A narrow frieze, of but 334 inches in height, is of the usual pulvinated form. The
cornice is the only part of the entablature which shows any Classical spirit. Its
corona exhibits the customary dentil-like treatment in the form of slight sinkages,
...
