Cornice
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Title
Cornice
Description
The cornice is a visible ledge that can be used to separate the border contours of floors, windows, doors… Present in the classical temples, "cornice is the highest level of entablature" on the top of the columns (Hopkins 2017, 8).
The cornices of Paragon (Fig. 1) thus clearly delineate the boundaries between the three levels of the building, making more visible the building’s three-part structure along the horizontal axis. Furthermore, the boxes inside the cornice resemble dentils but are much larger and have curvatures as compared to the usual small box-shape of dentils.
References:
Hopkins, Owen. 2017. Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon. London: Laurence King Publishing.
The cornices of Paragon (Fig. 1) thus clearly delineate the boundaries between the three levels of the building, making more visible the building’s three-part structure along the horizontal axis. Furthermore, the boxes inside the cornice resemble dentils but are much larger and have curvatures as compared to the usual small box-shape of dentils.
References:
Hopkins, Owen. 2017. Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon. London: Laurence King Publishing.
Creator
Phan Thi Minh Anh
Rights
Phan Thi Minh Anh, Fulbright University Vietnam. CC BY-NC-ND
Citation
Phan Thi Minh Anh, “Cornice,” Augustus in Saigon!?, accessed December 23, 2024, https://augustusinsaigon.uni-trier.de/items/show/3.