Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof-figures (Chinese: 檐獸/檐兽; pinyin: yán shòu) or "walking beasts" (Chinese: 走獸/走兽; pinyin: zǒu shòu)...

more elaborate sculptural elements than the plain roof tiles, such as Chinese Imperial roof decoration and the antefix of western classical architecture...

Chinese art, and the chiwen 螭吻 (lit. "hornless-dragon mouth") was an imperial roof decoration in traditional Chinese architecture. In Modern Standard Chinese...

color, imperial roofs are gold or yellow. Green roofs symbolize bamboo shafts, which in turn represent youth and longevity. Patterns, decoration, elaboration...

is one of the nine sons of the dragon, which are also used as imperial roof decorations. As architectural ornaments or waterspouts, they are comparable...

tile - Illegal construction - Imbrex and tegula - Impact wrench - Imperial roof decoration - Industrialization of construction - Insulated glazing - Insulated...

official buildings of the empire, the gate itself has unique imperial roof decorations. Two lions stand in front of the gate, and two more guard the...

projecting "dependencies" or wings. Imperial roof decoration A row of small figures along the unions of the roofs of Chinese official buildings. Intercolumniation...

Gargoyle Imperial roof decoration Japanese architecture Jisaburō Ozawa, an admiral nicknamed "Onigawara" by his men Shachihoko Shibi (roof tile) Shisa...

is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden during the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山;...

Roof driving his car, a black Hyundai Elantra with South Carolina license plates and a three-flag "Confederate States of America" bumper decoration,...

The Hofburg (German: [hoːf.buʁk]) is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built...

Illusionistic ceiling painting Imbrex and tegula Imperial castle Imperial Crown Style Imperial roof decoration Imperial staircase Impluvium Impluvium (house) Impost...

City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of...

Fiddler on the Roof is a 1971 American period musical film produced and directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Joseph Stein, based on...

1819 by Sultan Selim III and Mahmud II. The rococo decorations on the façade and inside the Imperial Council date from this period. There are multiple...

flying roof arch, colour paintings and dragon plates, which is the traditional architectural form of the Han Dynasty. Additionally, the decoration of Cintamani...

are the Crown, the Imperial orb, the Imperial sceptre, the Holy Lance and the Imperial Sword. Today they are kept at the Imperial Treasury in the Hofburg...

the imperial palaces and temples resumed. While imperial taste in decoration remained somewhat conservative, the technical quality of Kangxi imperial wares...

The Imperial Hotel (帝国ホテル, teikoku hoteru) is a hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. It was created in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese...

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created the stucco-work decoration over the staircase and in the first and second guest rooms of the northern Kaiserzimmer (Imperial Apartments) between 1769...

caused minor damage. In 1808 some of the calligraphic decoration in the mosque was restored and a roof was added over the courtyard fountain, though it has...

(1013–1090) has basilical form, open timber roof and decoration of polychrome marble and mosaic. The decoration continued harmoniously until the apsidal...

An example of a two-piece roof is the 1957 Imperial four-door hardtop with a simulated "landau-type" roof design. Some models were called "landaus" by...

as Palácio Imperial or Palácio Imperial de São Cristóvão) was an imperial palace located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the Imperial Neighbourhood...

"golden" roof with its 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles. The Goldenes Dachl was designed to serve as a royal box where the Emperor and his imperial entourage...

architecture. The main building was topped by a Chinese roof adorned with Imperial roof decorations. To represent 5,000 years of Chinese cultural history...

the tile roof, which were carved using traditional methods. The glazed roof tiles and dragon figures are representative of temple decoration. Steinhardt...

or other elaborate decoration save simple wood panelling and natural stonework, note the typically solid wooden braces in the roof resting on corbels...