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Column

A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the column) with a capital and a base…

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Column

Nodes182
Edges181
Triples224
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010989
Components1

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Column

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related to Gallery · 43
Column → Apollo, At, Australia, Bankstown Reservoir, Bel, Bernini's Baldachin, Columns, Constantine, Construction, Corinthian, DelphiRococo, Different, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Mosque, In, Ionic, Italy, KairouanEngaged
related to Sources · 27
Column → Acropolis Maidens Glow Anew, Art History, Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Cothren, Decline, Encyclopædia Britannica, Engaged Column, Etruscans, From, Henri, Hugh, Inc, July, Liz, Marilyn, Michael, New Jersey, Pearson Education, Retrieved
related to Solomonic · 15
Column → Baroque, Bernini, Constantine, Constantine's, Jerusalem, Latin America, Middle Ages, Old St, Peter's, Peter's Basilica, Rococo, Solomonic, St, Temple, The
related to Corinthian order · 14
Column → Athenian, Bassae, BC, Callimachus, Colosseum, Corinth, Corinthian, Greek, Height, However, In, It, The Corinthian, Vitruvius
related to Structure · 12
Column → Corinthian, Doric, Early, In, Ionic, Monolithic, Other, The, The Doric, The Ionic, There, This
related to Nomenclature · 11
Column → At, Corinthian, Doric, Either, In, Ionic, More, Most, Scotiae, Sometimes, The
related to Doric order · 10
Column → Colosseum, Dorian, Doric, Doric Column, Greece, It, Parthenon, The, The Doric, The Greek Doric
related to Mesoamerica · 10
Column → At Tula, Atlanteans, Great Vestibule, In Teotihuacan's, L-shaped, Moon, Palace, Pyramid, Quetzalpapálotl, This
see also · 10
Column → Columnar, Core, Holy Trinity, HuabiaoLingaLingodbhavaLoad-bearing, Lady, Lisieux, PillarPost, Pylon, Spur, Structural
related to Middle Ages · 9
Column → Byzantine, Columns, During, Middle Ages, Often, Roman, Romanesque, The, West

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columns doric capital architecture corinthian ionic load capitals stone order also classical base form shaft support often used greek tuscan

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Columnis acompression member0.90text
Columnis apart between each of the flutes on the Ionic order columns0.90text
Columnis acolumn embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall0.90text
the famous lion-gate of Mycenae where two lions stand each side of a columninstance ofThe importance of columns and their reference to palaces and therefore authority is evidenced in their use in heraldic motifs0.80text
Persepolisinstance ofparticularly at sites0.80text
the Palace of Quetzalpapálotlinstance ofelaborate palace compounds0.80text
located southwest of the Pyramid of the Mooninstance ofelaborate palace compounds0.80text
featured facadesinstance ofelaborate palace compounds0.80text
columns decorated with low-relief carvingsinstance ofelaborate palace compounds0.80text
initial crookednessinstance ofor imperfections0.80text
decreases column strengthinstance ofor imperfections0.80text
Columnrelated to AntiquityAll0.60section

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