Lombard band

(noun)

A decorative blind arcade, usually exterior, often used during the Romanesque and Gothic periods of architecture.

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Examples of Lombard band in the following topics:

  • First Romanesque Architecture

    • The style can be attributed to great architectural activity by groups of Lombard teachers and stonemasons working in the Catalan territory during the first quarter of the 11th century.
    • The First Romanesque style, also known as Lombard Romanesque style, is characterized by thick walls, lack of sculpture, and the presence of rhythmic ornamental arches known as a Lombard band.
    • For example, Abott Oliba ordered an extension to the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll in 1032 mirroring the First Romanesque characteristics of two frontal towers, a cruise with seven apses, and Lombard ornamentation of blind arches and vertical strips.

  • Painting and Architecture

    • City leaders would, on occasion, work together to insure their power and wealth; for example, banding together to form the Lombardi League.

  • Architecture of the Early Roman Empire

    • The exterior of the Colosseum is divided into four bands, representing four interior arcades.
    • Attached to the uppermost band are over two hundred corbels which supported the velarium, or a retractable awning to protect spectators from sun and rain.
    • The top band is also pierced by a number of small windows, between which are engaged Composite pilasters.
    • The three bands below are notable for the series of arches that visually break up the massive façade.

  • Sculpture

    • To ensure their power and wealth, city leaders banded together to form the Lombardi League.

  • The Norse

    • Typically, Viking brooches and buckles were connected together by bands of metal with the spaces between them forming an animal motif.

  • Textiles of the Inca

    • Wealthy Inca men wore large gold and silver pendants hung on their chests, disks attached to their hair and shoes, and bands around their arms and wrists.

  • Architecture in Assyria

    • The metal bands that adorned the gates suggest that they measured 285 feet wide.

  • Victory Columns under the Nervan-Antonines

    • Detail of five registers or bands from the Column of Trajan.

  • The Chora Church in Constantinople

    • The domes are pumpkin-shaped, with concave bands radiating from the center, and are richly decorated with frescos and mosaics that depicted images of Christ and the Virgin at the center with angels or ancestors surrounding them in the bands.

  • Michelangelo

    • Above them the huge cornice ripples in a continuous band, giving the appearance of keeping the whole building in a state of compression .