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Record 1 1996-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

The topmost member, usually decorated, of a column pilaster, anta, etc. It may carry an architrave or an arcade or be surmounted by an impost block (dosseret).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Élément évasé vers le haut qui couronne une colonne, un pilier, un pilastre ou un piédroit. Le chapiteau se compose de trois éléments: de bas en haut, un astragale [...], une corbeille [...] et un tailloir ou abaque [...] Le chapiteau constitue un élément caractéristique de chacun des ordres architecturaux classiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura
DEF

Parte superior de una columna, pilar, pila o pilastra; en la arquitectura griega existían tres tipos diferentes de capiteles: Dórico, Jónico y Corintio; en la arquitectura romana existían 5 tipos, los tres utilizados por los griegos más el Toscano y el orden compuesto.

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