colonnade

Examples of colonnade in the following topics:

• Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

  • This portico consists of a double colonnade.
  • The exterior colonnade on the ground level was built in the Doric order, and the interior was Ionic.
  • The structure creates a series of imposing spaces from the exterior colonnade to the oracle rooms and the interior courtyard inside of which the shrine to Apollo stood.
  • It was to be flanked by a double colonnade of eight columns across the front and back and twenty-one on the flanks, surrounding the cella.

• Hatshepsut

  • The focal point of the tomb was the Djeser-Djeseru or "the Sublime of Sublimes", a colonnaded structure of perfect harmony that predates the Parthenon by nearly one thousand years.
  • Hatshepsut's temple is most famous for its Djeser-Djeseru, a colonnaded structure of such architectural skill, that predates the Parthenon by nearly one thousand years.

• Architecture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • Many temples during the Classical period followed this formula for their peripteral colonnade, although not all.
  • Thirdly, it shares some attributes with the Parthenon, such as a colonnade in the naos. 
  • However, in this case the colonnade is a single story, and only the columns of the temple (not the stylobate) have entasis.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • Columns were placed on the edge of the stylobate in a line or colonnade, which was peripteral and ran around the naos (inner chamber that holds a cult statue) and its porches,.
  • Columns were placed on the edge of the stylobate in a line or colonnade, which was peripteral and ran around the (inner chamber that holds a cult statue) and its porches, completely surrounding the temple.
  • For instance, most Greek temples (except the earliest) followed the equation 2x + 1 = y when determining the number of columns used in the peripteral colonnade.
  • Its colonnade has six columns across its width and twelve columns down its length.
  • In this case there are five on each side, and each colonnade has two stories.

• Aegina

  • Its colonnade has six columns across its width and twelve columns down its length.
  • In this case there are five on each side, and each colonnade has two stories.

• Indian Architecture under British Imperialism

  • The building is circular in form and is sided by two rectangular sections; the entrance is lined with twelve colonnades and two British lions, with the motto of East India Company engraved on them.
  • The plan of the building consists of one large central part covered with a larger dome, with colonnades separating the two chambers.

• Architecture of the New Kingdom

  • The focal point of the tomb was the Djeser-Djeseru, a colonnaded structure of perfect harmony that predates the Parthenon by nearly one thousand years.
  • Hatshepsut's temple is most famous for its Djeser-Djeseru, a colonnaded structure of such architectural skill, that predates the Parthenon by nearly one thousand years.

• Renaissance Architecture in Venice

  • In the case of Villa Badoer, the open barn, formed by a large circular colonnade, enclosing the front yard in front of the villa, created a space that recalled the ancient idea of the Roman Forum, bringing all campaign activities to gravitate in front of the villa itself.

• Italian Architecture in the Baroque Period

  • The piazza, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is formed principally by two colonnades of free standing columns centered on an Egyptian obelisk.

• Rome

  • The freedom of concrete also inspired the colonnade screen, a row of purely decorative columns in front of a load-bearing wall.