geometric lines of the buildings were covered with curved or triangular frontons, niches with statues or caryatids, cartouches, garlands of drapery, and... 148 KB (21,092 words) - 13:46, 8 April 2024 |
Kantajew Temple (section Architecture) and setting in a projected fronton in the outside directions, the use of ornamental turrets on the either side of the fronton, the semi-octagonal mirirab... 6 KB (455 words) - 20:11, 3 April 2024 |
Second Empire style (redirect from Second empire architecture) were massive and built like small cathedrals, decorated with columns, frontons, cartouches, mascarons, and carved angels and chimeras. They were usually... 47 KB (6,283 words) - 16:39, 22 March 2024 |
The Beti Jai fronton is a sport venue located in Madrid, Spain. Located at 7 Marqués de Riscal St., the building (in Neo-Mudéjar style) dates from 1893... 8 KB (799 words) - 02:35, 30 September 2023 |
The Fiesta Alegre fronton was a fronton located on the intersection of the streets Marqués de Urquijo and Juan Álvarez Mendizabal, in the Argüelles area... 1 KB (75 words) - 04:21, 28 September 2023 |
Toulouse (section Sights and architecture) significance to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. The city's unique architecture made of pinkish terracotta bricks has earned Toulouse the nickname La... 111 KB (10,818 words) - 12:51, 23 April 2024 |
Lima (redirect from Architecture of Lima) basketball, many within private clubs. A popular sport among Limenos is fronton, a racquet sport similar to squash invented in Lima. The city is home to... 146 KB (15,337 words) - 20:36, 24 April 2024 |
Andrea Palladio (category Italian architecture writers) the piano nobile was brought forward and given windows with decorative frontons, doubling the interior space. The Palazzo del Capitaniato, the offices... 64 KB (7,887 words) - 11:25, 6 April 2024 |
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, designed by Federico Mariscal [es]. Fronton Recoletos, Madrid, designed by Eduardo Torroja. Joyería J. Roca (modern-day... 8 KB (776 words) - 02:11, 7 June 2023 |
Imbrex and tegula (category Ancient Greek architecture) the front of the lowermost imbrex was often capped with an ornamental fronton, and the spouts which drained the gutters were frequently decorated with... 7 KB (826 words) - 04:03, 9 November 2023 |
Louis XVI style (category Ancien Régime French architecture) Louis XIV and Louis XV. It features columns of the giant order, inches, frontons, consoles, sculpture in relief, and a gigantic fireplace. Later in the... 40 KB (4,920 words) - 18:35, 12 March 2024 |
Louis XIV style (category Ancien Régime French architecture) walls and up upon the ceiling. The doors were surrounded with medallions, frontons and bas-reliefs. The fireplaces were smaller than those during the Louis... 40 KB (5,409 words) - 02:07, 12 March 2024 |
Castle of Racconigi (category 18th-century architecture in Italy) commissioned a new entrance, with 4 Corinthian columns and a triangular fronton, and the great staircase. Charles Albert, a Carignano who eventually became... 6 KB (669 words) - 13:50, 14 November 2023 |
Josef Hoffmann (section Selected architecture works) modern style, all in white, that Hoffmann favored during this period. The frontons of the building featured sculptures by Anton Hanak. The interiors were... 37 KB (4,471 words) - 08:33, 26 March 2024 |
Tours Cathedral (category Gothic architecture in France) front Fronton of the west front Tympanum of the central portal The west front of the cathedral displays three very different styles of architecture harmoniously... 21 KB (2,253 words) - 17:46, 29 February 2024 |
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris (category Neoclassical architecture in Paris) features four Corinthian columns, and an entablement and a fronton with sculpture. Atop the fronton are three statues, depicting the virtues; Faith, carrying... 13 KB (1,325 words) - 09:10, 19 April 2024 |
Havana Jai alai (category Neoclassical architecture in Cuba) construction on the north side along Calle Virtudes. The Havana Jai alai fronton was known as "the palace of screams" (Spanish: el palacio de los gritos)... 19 KB (2,088 words) - 13:57, 31 July 2023 |
La Madeleine, Paris (category Neoclassical architecture in Paris) Vignon), over the design that was recommended to him by the Academy of Architecture. The plan of Vignon took the form of a classical temple with Corinthian... 31 KB (3,040 words) - 06:58, 26 April 2024 |
labeled as Languedoc, those from the interior have other labels such as Fronton, Gaillac, or Limoux to the west – and Côtes du Rhône towards the east.... 30 KB (3,552 words) - 09:23, 30 March 2024 |