Attic
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- In classical architecture, the term attic refers to a storey (or low wall) above the cornice of a classical façade. The decoration of the topmost part of a building was particularly important in ancient Greek architecture and this came to be seen as typifying the Attica style,[citation needed] the earliest example known being that of the monument of Thrasyllus in Athens.
It was largely employed in Ancient Rome, where their triumphal arches utilized it for inscriptions or for bas-relief sculpture. It was used also to increase the height of enclosure walls such as those of the Forum of Nerva. By the Italian revivalists it was utilized as a complete storey, pierced with windows, as found in Andrea Palladio´s work in Vicenza and in Greenwich Hospital, London. One well-known large attic surmounts the entablature of St. Peter´s Basilica, which measures 12 metres (39 ft) in height.
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Wohnhaus der Witwe Ehlert in der Burgstraße No 18 zu Potsdam
Das 1776 nach Entwurf von...
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Image: Potsdam Museum - Forum für Kunst und Geschichte - CC BY-NC-SA
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