Architrave fragment
Architrave fragment
Published 2019-02-25T16:18:17+00:00
This is an architrave fragment with a plant frieze. An architrave is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. It is an architectural element in Classical architecture.
The term can also be applied to all sides, including the vertical members, of a frame with mouldings around a door or window. The word architrave is also used to refer more generally to a style of mouldings (or other elements) framing the top of a door, window or other rectangular opening, where the horizontal "head" casing extends across the tops of the vertical side casings where the elements join (creating a butt joint, as opposed to a miter joint).
The term "architrave" has also been used in academic writing to mean the fundamental part of something (a speech, a thought or a reasoning), or the basis upon which an idea, reasoning, thought or philosophy is built.
Date published | 25/02/2019 |
Title | Architrave fragment |
Medium | Stone |
Record | https://museoarcheologico.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=42704 |
Place | Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano |