arcs à paraphe
English translation: intricate arches
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| 23:48 Mar 14, 2008 |
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| 4 | Gothico-byzantin arches |
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| 3 +1 | intricate/bold/wavy arches |
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| 3 | freeform arches |
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| 3 | crested arches |
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freeform arches Explanation: A mere suggestion inspired unashamedly by Bourth's interpretation ... while trying to leave it as vague as possible, since 'arc à paraphe' gets zero Ghits and is not mentioned by Viollet le Duc. |
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crested arches Explanation: If paraphe means signature, cachet, then these arches probably have a scupted crest. |
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Gothico-byzantin arches Explanation: I'm still trying to work out the exact name of the kind of arches here, but it sounds to me like "Gothico-byzantin" refers to the sort we see, for example, on the Palace of the Doges in Venice, especially in the upper register here: http://www.tickitaly.com/images/tickets/doges-palace/venice-... which seem to have "developed" out of ones like this: http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Doges_Palace.h... But I have no memory of having seen examples of this style in Ravenna (which is, of course, not all that far from Venice), most noted for its 6th -7th c. buildings. "Intricate interlaced [='inextricable'] arches" is what they are, but I don't have access to, say Banister Fletcher, to quickly find an accurate English term. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2008-03-17 13:11:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Bourth's "arcs en accolade" is close to the mark, but it sounds to me like what we are dealing with is something much more "inextricable" --the arcade is going to be made up of, yes, "arcs en talon" http://www.cosmovisions.com/monuArcAccolade.htm (what are those called in English? Sir Banister, where are you when we need you?) but interlaced together, perhaps in the pattern I mentioned above http://www.tickitaly.com/images/tickets/doges-palace/venice-... |
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1intricate/bold/wavy arches Explanation: Not an established type of arch, TTBOMK. Since a "paraphe" is a flourish, as in a signature, it seems to imply something both bold yet intricate. For some reason I think in particular of "arcs en accolade", one with a shape like curly brackets/braces ( { ] horizontally at the top -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2008-03-17 13:46:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Apart from anything else, it would appear the ref. is to Baldassare Longhena. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days14 hrs (2008-03-17 14:02:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This maybe (if it is internal)? http://www.mosaicatlas.com/enlargement.aspx?pWidth=0&pHeight... [Battistero Neoniano, Ravenna] Or other Ravenna arches with a mosaic "flourish", e.g. http://www.mosaicatlas.com/atlassite.aspx?RegionID=37&Locati... |
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