oculo

English translation: round window or oculus

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Italian term or phrase:oculo
English translation:round window or oculus

08:29 Sep 13, 2001
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Italian term or phrase: oculo
la lanterna all' oculo della rotonda romana...
luca
oculus/round window
Explanation:
A painted round or oval artificial window, in which details of people or animals are painted on to a background of sky. It was introduced in Roman times and was adopted by some late-Renaissance artists (Mantegna and Correggio) as a way to create the illusion of larger and brighter rooms
http://www.televisual.it/uffizi/window.html

Oculus
Oc"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Oculi (#). [L., an eye.]
1. An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.

2. (Arch.) A round window, usually a small one.

Webster
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=996

rose window
The rose window is one of the most beautiful and characteristic features of medieval architecture, especially of the French Gothic, in which it achieved its most perfect development. Its origin is to be found in the Roman oculus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15653a.htm

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4oculus/round window
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Centre


Explanation:
Just a guess... assuming oculo is something to do with ocular, i.e. eye


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Jasmina Towers
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oculus


Explanation:
diz. Picchi
oculo
nm (archit) *oculus.

diz. di architettura:
OCULO
= Finestra di forma circolare.

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oculus/round window


Explanation:
A painted round or oval artificial window, in which details of people or animals are painted on to a background of sky. It was introduced in Roman times and was adopted by some late-Renaissance artists (Mantegna and Correggio) as a way to create the illusion of larger and brighter rooms
http://www.televisual.it/uffizi/window.html

Oculus
Oc"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Oculi (#). [L., an eye.]
1. An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.

2. (Arch.) A round window, usually a small one.

Webster
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=996

rose window
The rose window is one of the most beautiful and characteristic features of medieval architecture, especially of the French Gothic, in which it achieved its most perfect development. Its origin is to be found in the Roman oculus.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15653a.htm

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