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prostyle, n. and a. Anc. Arch.|ˈprəʊstaɪl|
[ad. L. prostȳlos adj. having pillars in front, also n. (Vitruv.) a. Gr. *πρόστῡλος: see pro-2 and style n. Cf. F. prostyle (1691 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. n. A portico in front of a Greek temple, of which the columns, never more than four in number, stood in front of the building.
1697Evelyn Architects & Archit. (1723) 30 The Prostyle, whose Station being at the Front consisted of only four Columns. 1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Prostyle,..whose Station was in the front of a Temple, or other great Building.
B. adj. Having a prostyle.
1696Phillips (ed. 5), Prostyle, that which has Pillars before only; which was one sort of the Temples of the Ancients. 1810Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1821) 125 Prostyle,..according to Vitruvius, the second order of temples. 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §288 (ed. 2) 317 Temples are divided into..prostyle, with porticoes on the front, and amphiprostyle, at the two ends. 1883J. T. Clarke Reber's Anc. Art 200 The next step was the removal of these side walls [antæ]..and the prostyle temple was thus obtained. |