Capital
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- Note
- In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column´s supporting surface. The capital, projecting on each side as it rises to support the abacus, joins the usually square abacus and the usually circular shaft of the column. The capital may be convex, as in the Doric order; concave, as in the inverted bell of the Corinthian order; or scrolling out, as in the Ionic order. These form the three principal types on which all capitals in the classical tradition are based. The Composite order established in the 16th century on a hint from the Arch of Titus, adds Ionic volutes to Corinthian acanthus leaves.
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Kapitell mit Blattdekor
Das kelchförmige...
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Image: Kulturhistorisches Museum Schloss Merseburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Vierblattkapitell
Das Kapitell wurde 1883 im...
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Image: Kulturhistorisches Museum Schloss Merseburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stuckaturen und Romanische Kapitelle aus der "Confessio"
Die abgebildeten Stuckaturen...
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Image: Städtische Museen Quedlinburg/Schlossmuseum - CC BY-NC-SA -
Pilaster mit Kapitell
Pilaster mit Kapitell
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Image: Museum bei der Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim - CC BY-NC-SA -
Zwei Kapitelle der ehemaligen Rudolstädter Burg
Die beiden Kapitelle...
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Image: Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg - CC BY-NC-SA
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