ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STEREOBATE
Via Latin, from Greek stereobatēs from stereos solid + -batēs base, from bainein to walk.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEREOBATE»
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The Influence of Urban Planning on Temple Design in West Greece
The distance separating the stylobate and stereobate widths is 2.77 m. The
distance separating the stylobate and stereobate lengths is 2.89 m. 443 The
distance separating the Acragantine Temple of Heracles' peristyle and stylobate
widths is ...
Theresa Marie Grupico, 2008
2
The Bath-Gymnasium Complex at Sardis
Only four blocks of the west colonnade are preserved south of the block at the
northwest corner of the Palaestra; the rest of the west colonnade is preserved
only in the stereobate course; this appears as individual foundation blocks under
each ...
3
Greek and Roman Architecture
Stereobate (stereobata: \trrtptottdrqs). Vitruvius (ill, 4, 1) defines stereobatae as
the walls under the columns above the ground-level: he seems to treat the
stylobate (stylobata: trrvXo0drqs), which is the actual course of pavement on
which the ...
4
History of Art: The Western Tradition
The platform has a three- step combination of stereobate and stylobate, which
supports the columns. The Doric column consists of the shaft, marked by 20
shallow vertical grooves known as flutes, and the capital, which is made up of the
flaring ...
Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson, 2004
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
Stereobate (Gr. oreptos, firm or solid, and /3ao-is, a base or fulciment), a
basement. It is here sought to make a distinction between this term and Stylobate,
q. v., by restricting the latter to its real import, and applying stereobate to a
basement in ...
6
Ships and Sea-Power Before the Great Persian War: The ...
This width may be estimated at c.3.25 m for the hull57 (and 1.2 m more for the
parexeiresia) at the lowest, that is to say that the hull could have had exactly the
width of the middle stone slab of the Samian stereobate. This similarity is
significant, ...
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Samothrace: pt. 1. The Hall of Votive Gifts, by K. Lehmann
Blocks with nail holes for anta revetment The stereobate course naturally
continued from this anta to another at the northern end of the facade and served
as a stylobate for the front colonnade. But it was much narrower on the other
three sides ...
Karl Lehmann, Phyllis Williams Lehmann, 1959
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The Hall of Votive Gifts
The stereobate course naturally continued from this anta to another at the
northern end of the facade and served as a stylobate for the front colonnade. But
it was much narrower on the other three sides of the building and did not project
inward ...
made use of the gupdori(tine lower parts of the room walls) in the Goguryeo
Kingdom or supported the stereobate in the Silla Kingdom, it has a very simple
jeoksimgongboep structure (a method of construction in which the ground is dug
...
Yong-gŏl Ch'a, Hanʼguk Sŏnggwak Hakhoe, 한국성곽학회, 2007
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A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the ...
STEREOBATE, mgm, Gr., firm, or solid, and Caovg, a base; the lower part, or
basement of a building. The basement of a portico, or colonnade, is often termed
a stereobate, though the word stylobate would be more correct.——Hosking,
Encyc.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEREOBATE»
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Le chiese normanne dei grandi ammiragli e i cavalieri d'arme
La collina è oggi stereobate poichè nel corso dell'800, in conseguenza del livellamento delle strade adiacenti, le quote vennero abbassate, rendendosi ... «PalermoToday, Oct 13»
Winston Binch
Before joining CP+B, he worked at R/GA, on the Nike account, and Sony Music Online in New York City, and played guitar in a math rock band, Stereobate. «iMedia Connection, Jun 11»
Alex Bogusky Tells Fast Company He's Never Going Back to …
Winston Binch: The loquacious and opinionated former guitarist of indie rock band Stereobate heads Crispin's team of 250 digital jockeys as Managing Director ... «Fast Company, Jul 10»
