pier

Examples of pier in the following topics:

• Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture

  • Piers that occur at the intersection of two large arches, such as those under the crossing of the nave and transept, are commonly cruciform in shape, each arch having its own supporting rectangular pier at right angles to the other.
  • A common characteristic of Romanesque buildings, found in both churches and in the arcades that separate large interior spaces of castles, is the alternation of piers and columns.
  • The most simple form this takes is to have a column between each adjoining pier.
  • Often the arrangement was made more complex by the complexity of the piers themselves, so that the alternation was not of piers and columns but rather of piers of entirely different forms from each other.
  • Durham Cathedral has decorated masonry columns alternating with piers of clustered shafts supporting the earliest pointed high ribs.

• Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • Most Ottonian churches make generous use of the round arch, have flat ceilings, and insert massive rectangular piers between columns in regular patterns, as is seen in St.
  • The square units are defined by the alternation of columns and piers.
  • The black circles and rectangles between the nave and each aisle mark the alternating columns (circles) and piers (rectangles).
  • Cyriakus are the clerestory windows in place of galleries and one pier placed after each pair of columns.

• The Temple of Athena Nike

  • The temple is a small Ionic temple that consists of a single naos, where a cult statue stood fronted by four piers.
  • The four piers aligned to the four Ionic prostyle columns of the pronaos .

• Arches of the Feet

  • Its two extremities or piers, on which it rests in standing, are the tuberosity on the plantar surface of the calcaneus posteriorly, and the heads of the first, second, and third metatarsal bones anteriorly.
  • The transverse arches are strengthened by the interosseous, plantar, and dorsal ligaments; by the short muscles of the first and fifth toes (especially the transverse head of the adductor hallucis), and by the peroneus longus, whose tendon stretches between the piers of the arches.

• Cluny

  • Romanesque Architecture: In keeping with the Romanesque style, Cluny was characterized by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy piers, groin vaults, large towers and decorative arcading.

• The Armory Show

  • The "New" New York Armory Show was held in piers on the Hudson River in 1994  and has since evolved into an annual contemporary  art fair.

• Architecture

  • The Directoire style was primarily established by the architects and designers Charles Percier (1764–1838) and Pier François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853), who collaborated on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which is considered emblematic of French neoclassical architecture .

• Temporal Motivation Theory

  • Temporal motivation theory (TMT) is an integrative motivational theory developed by Piers Steel and Cornelius J.

• Etruscan Tombs

  • Piers are topped with capitals carved in a stylized motif that resembles those from Corinthian columns.
  • The walls and piers are covered in carved and painted reliefs of everyday objects including rope, drinking cups, pitches, mirrors, knives, helmets, and shields.

• Architecture

  • Massive cylindrical piers, groin vaults and low-relief sculptural decoration support rounded arches, arcades, characterize Romanesque churches.