pendentive

Examples of pendentive in the following topics:

• Arches and Domes

  • Pendentives are triangular sections of a sphere used to transition from the flat surfaces of supporting walls to the round base of a dome.
  • Simple domes use pendentives that are part of the same sphere as the dome itself.
  • A compound dome (red) with pendentives (yellow) from a sphere of greater radius than the dome.

• Architecture in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • The cupola is carried on four spherical triangular pendentives, an element which was first fully realized in this building.
  • The pendentives implement the transition from the circular base of the dome to the rectangular base below, restraining the lateral forces of the dome and allow its weight to flow downwards.

• Architecture and Mosaics in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • It has a large central dome that rests on a series of pendentives.
  • The Katholikon is also a Greek cross-plan style church but instead of the dome resting on pendentives, the dome of the Katholikon rests on squinches, which create an octagonal transition between the square plan of the church and the circular plan of the dome.
  • The difference in style between the pendentives and the squinches allow for different relationships between the architecture and the decoration and different play of light and darkness in the shapes the squinches provided.

• Michelangelo

  • On the pendentives supporting the ceiling are painted twelve men and women who prophesied the coming of the Jesus.

• Leadership

  • Archaeologists and historians have determined that for many societies, the elite held a great deal of wealth in the form of elaborate pottery, sculptures, beads, jewelry, and pendents made of copper, gold, bronze, ivory, and other revered materials.

• Enantioselective Aldol Reactions

  • Steric hindrance by the pendent isopropyl group directs the reaction to the 2S,3R product.