Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
columnas adosadas
English translation:
engaged columns
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Nikki Graham
Nov 19, 2008 00:04
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Spanish term
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Columnas adosadas
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Church
El exterior, de mampostería y ladrillo, tiene una portada principal, abierta con arco de medio punto entre columnas adosadas, que flanquean dos hornacinas.
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| 4 | engaged columns |
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| 4 | attached columns |
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Change log
Nov 19, 2008 00:11: Fabio Descalzi changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Nov 19, 2008 10:03: Nikki Graham changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/55640">Eileen Brophy's</a> old entry - "Columnas adosadas"" to ""engaged columns""
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engaged columns
A column is a freestanding round shaft. A square column is called a pier. When a round column is attached to a wall, it is called an engaged column; and when a pier is attached to a wall, it is called a pilaster.
In architecture, an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached. Engaged columns are rarely found in classical Greek architecture, and then only in exceptional cases, but in Roman architecture they exist in profusion, most commonly embedded in the cella walls of pseudoperipteral buildings
Engaged columns are distinct from pilasters, which by definition are ornamental and not structural.
In architecture, an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter detached. Engaged columns are rarely found in classical Greek architecture, and then only in exceptional cases, but in Roman architecture they exist in profusion, most commonly embedded in the cella walls of pseudoperipteral buildings
Engaged columns are distinct from pilasters, which by definition are ornamental and not structural.
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Fabio Descalzi
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Uruguay
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Native in: Spanish 
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http://www.lycos.com/info/roman-architecture--temples.html
The way in which the Romans sought to fuse architecture fused both Etruscan and Greek elements may be seen in the Maison Carée, 16 BC, the best preserved of all Roman temples at Nimes in the south France. The temple is placed upon a high podium which can be mounted only at the front in the Etruscan manner. However, the influence of the Greek peripteral temple may be seen in the continuation of the side columns of the porch by means of attached columns attached to the cella wall. Such a temple is known as pseudo-peripteral and is typical of Roman temples."
The way in which the Romans sought to fuse architecture fused both Etruscan and Greek elements may be seen in the Maison Carée, 16 BC, the best preserved of all Roman temples at Nimes in the south France. The temple is placed upon a high podium which can be mounted only at the front in the Etruscan manner. However, the influence of the Greek peripteral temple may be seen in the continuation of the side columns of the porch by means of attached columns attached to the cella wall. Such a temple is known as pseudo-peripteral and is typical of Roman temples."
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