Dec 1, 2004 11:12
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English term
portal
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I don't mean a portal itself, but the type of a portal presented at http://www.luteranie.pl/diec.wroclawska/poew/kaczorow/349.jp...
As you can see it's not a typical portal. It has some ornaments on both sides of its upper part. In Polish it's called "portal uszakowy". "Uszakowy" is an adjective denoting that it has something to do with "ears". :-)))
Any ideas?
As you can see it's not a typical portal. It has some ornaments on both sides of its upper part. In Polish it's called "portal uszakowy". "Uszakowy" is an adjective denoting that it has something to do with "ears". :-)))
Any ideas?
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| 3 | broken pediment |
David Sirett
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| 3 | do you mean a "doorway"? |
Aisha Maniar
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| 3 | divided pediment |
Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
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broken pediment
The generic term in English is "broken pediment", meaning that the vertex of the classical triangular pediment is removed.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, David. You are right :-)"
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Aisha Maniar
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do you mean a "doorway"?
an ornamental doorway perhaps, such as a church doorway
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-12-01 11:19:35 GMT)
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or a frontispiece
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-12-01 11:21:32 GMT)
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I think this glossary may help you:
http://collections.gc.ca/drawings/glossary/terms.html
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-12-01 11:19:35 GMT)
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or a frontispiece
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-12-01 11:21:32 GMT)
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I think this glossary may help you:
http://collections.gc.ca/drawings/glossary/terms.html
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divided pediment
see item 1465 in the link below
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