Crepidoma is an architectural term for part of the structure of ancient Greek buildings. The crepidoma is the multilevel platform on which the superstructure...
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architecture, a stylobate (Greek: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed...
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Temple of Poseidon, Sounion (section Crepidoma)
was constructed just slightly large enough to cover the crepidoma of the old temple. The crepidoma is the slightly raised structure at the base of a Greek...
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always subdivided in three zones: the crepidoma, the columns and the entablature. Stereobate, euthynteria and crepidoma form the substructure of the temple...
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at the back of the building, the opisthodomos. The building sat on a crepidoma (platform) of three unequal steps, the exterior columns were positioned...
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The well-preserved peristasis of six by thirteen columns stands on a crepidoma of four steps (measuring 39.42 m × 16.92 m (129.3 ft × 55.5 ft), and 8...
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measuring 43 m × 20.85 m (141.1 ft × 68.4 ft), mounted on a four-step crepidoma and having 6 x 13 columns; it dates to around 430 BC. It was built over...
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them was kept to make their existence obvious. Lifting bosses of the crepidoma (base) of the Segesta temple, Sicily Levering bosses left on Inca walls...
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exterior of the building. Every temple rested on a masonry base called the crepidoma, generally of three steps, of which the upper one which carried the columns...
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ambition of being one of the largest ancient temples ever built, its crepidoma with 7 steps measures almost 60 by 120 meters and the stylobate 51 by...
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shoe Greek κρηπίς, κρηπίδος (krēpís, krēpídos), κρηπίδιον, κρηπίδωμα crepidoma cresc- grow, rise Latin crescere accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete...
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twelve columns have been preserved, along with the foundations and the crepidoma and stylobate. The columns were crowned by low capitals and bore shallow...
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4 metre-high columns, each formed from four stacked drums, rests on a crepidoma of four steps. The whole edifice is on a raised, largely artificial, spur...
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octastyle peripteral temple. It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped crepidoma, with a length of 68.3 metres (224 ft) and a width of 30.4 metres (100 ft)...
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a base with continuous stairs of a few steps at each edges (known as crepidoma), a cella (or naos) with a cult statue in it, columns, an entablature...
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constructed around 500-480 BC, It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped crepidoma, with a length of 68.3 metres and a width of 30.4 metres, making it roughly...
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columns, joined by their entablature Column Corbel Cornerstone Cornice Crepidoma Crocket Cryptoporticus Cupola Decastyle Diaulos Diocletian (thermal) window...
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shoe Greek κρηπίς, κρηπίδος (krēpís, krēpídos), κρηπίδιον, κρηπίδωμα crepidoma cresc- grow, rise Latin crescere accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete...
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hexastyle temple with 15 columns at each side with two inner chambers on a crepidoma of 3 steps. It was like the Temple of Hera at Olympia, but built entirely...
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temples usually consist of a base with stairs at each edges (known as crepidoma), a cella (or naos) with a cult statue in it, columns, an entablature...
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and architects use the term in discussion of Classical architecture. Crepidoma Ancient Greek temple Robertson, D. S. (1929). Handbook of Greek and Roman...
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Hekatompedon was a hexastyle peripteral Doric temple with a 46-metre long crepidoma and that was located on the site of Parthenon. The pediments were colourfully...
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the blocks in the Agora. The front façade of the temple consisted of a crepidoma of three steps. The temple was prostyle, meaning that it had columns only...
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Doric colonnade of a scale two-thirds of that of the central hall. The crepidoma of the wings is in the canonical three-step form and in Pentelic marble...
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completely carved out of the solid rock The lowest part of the monument is a crepidoma, a base made of three steps. Above it there is a stylobate, upon which...
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entablature and some of the capitals. The building was constructed on a crepidoma of three steps, which was erected on top of a substructure on the northern...
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The Parthenon, shows the common structural features of Ancient Greek architecture: crepidoma, columns, entablature, and pediment...
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walls were finely finished on the inside, and it contained a now lost crepidoma. The tomb of Alyattes was excavated by the Prussian Consul General Ludwig...
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whole structure stood atop a three-step crepidoma, which was 1.068 metres high. At the bottom step of the crepidoma, the superstructure was 34.961 metres...
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