entablature

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Recent Examples of entablature Like the Gran Trianon, Rosecliff has Ionic columns, French doors, and a multitiered entablature topped with intricate statues. Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024 Typically, colonnades form at the top and bottom of the flow (starting from the cooling surface) with a middle area of entablature (see above). Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 The parts of the flows with clear columns are called the colonnade while the areas where the columns are less-than-perfect or absent are the entablature. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 Columns in the Takachicho-kyo Gorge in Japan, showing the colonnade and entablature common in these columnar jointed basalt flows. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015 The luxurious Breakfast Room’s fireplace ensemble, including Roman Doric columns supporting an exquisite entablature, is as brilliantly designed, if not as eye-catching, as the Banquet Hall’s triple fireplace. Catesby Leigh, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022 Bas reliefs on the entablature feature important thinkers such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass. Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2021 When it was built, the hotel was sided with smooth, dressed limestone slabs, brick columns and neoclassical terra cotta entablature. Irene North, The Seattle Times, 13 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entablature
Noun
  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Why wouldn’t the owner take the time to up-light the friezes?
    Sage Jessica Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Loveland's Wild Child: Drop the cornice or find the entrance, either way, be prepared for a steep, short run that's hikeable above Super Bowl.
    John Frank, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
  • New plaster cornice and classical overdoor detail create focal points in the entry.
    Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Drench a Room in Color Paint the whole room lavender, walls, doors, architraves, fireplaces, and all; the effect is brilliantly bold and ultra-contemporary, as evidenced by Sawyers’ Dupont Circle project.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • The entire government believes that school is a fundamental architrave of our society.
    Irene Dominioni, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Perhaps Zuckerberg’s biggest revelation Friday was his guidance for $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures for Meta in 2025.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal (Yucatán) Photo by Richie Chan/Shutterstock The Maya were never centralized in one capital.
    John Newton, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s a column by Maureen Dowd on Trump’s Inaugural Address.
    German Lopez, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Though more stately in its setting of classical pilasters and marble floors, the lobby El Bar del Majestic is pretty hopping too with live piano music.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The overall stability hides movement both up and down across individual pillars and metrics, as the tectonics of world order shifts.
    World Economic Forum, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Taken together, the laws are designed to reshape key pillars of the US economy over the next decade.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Lead by the restorative properties of prickly pear oil, this rich mask helps restore the hair shaft, improve split ends, and achieve overall healthier hair.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Vionic Bishop Western Boots $180 $129 at Amazon Cowboy boots have been becoming more popular over the past few years — and this style is a more subtle way to get in on the trend with an ankle-high shaft, block heel, and Western-style stitching.
    Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025

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