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Record 1 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
  • Architecture
DEF

A spirally fluted or shaped column commonly called a "barley-sugar column". Such columns in St. Peter's, Rome, were traditionally believed to have come from Solomon's Temple, hence the name.

CONT

A motif that was to prove extremely successful at this time was the solomonic column, twisting in a spiral, which is the dominant feature of this canopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
  • Architecture
DEF

Colonne de mouvement spiraloïde.

CONT

Au Bernin appartient une gloire plus générale, parce qu'on lui doit l'achèvement de Saint-Pierre en plusieurs campagnes : d'abord 1623-1634, le baldaquin, gigantesque tente de bronze, avec des colonnes torses qui surmontent la confession. (à terminer)

Spanish

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