n. the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
n. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
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One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. n
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pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)
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Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture.
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(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
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n a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening n a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet) n a passageway under a curved masonry construction n (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it v form an arch or curve
