| 单词 | attic base |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAttic base 3. Attic base [compare French base attiqiue (1645), Italian basa attica (1570)] in Architecture: a base used for Ionic, Corinthian, and occasionally for Doric columns, consisting of an upper and lower torus divided by a scotia and two fillets. Attic order [compare French ordre attiqiue (1610)] : a square column of any of the five orders. [Compare also Middle French, French colonne attiqiue (1567), classical Latin Attica columna Attic column.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > having specific base Attic base1728 baseless1748 surbased1791 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Eiiii That piller which Vitruuius nameth Atticurga or Attica.] 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. xxiii. 595 Pillars..of the Atticke fashion [Fr. faites à l'Athenienne; L. Atticae columnae]..be made with foure corners, and the sides are equall. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Attic is the most beautiful of all the Bases. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 493 The base is attic, as it is in most of the Roman antiques. < as lemmas |
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