portico

Examples of portico in the following topics:

• Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

  • The Pantheon takes its shape from Greek circular temples, however it is faced by a Roman rectangular portico and a triangular pediment supported by monolithic granite columns imported from Egypt.
  • The portico, which originally included a flight of stairs to a podium, acts as a visual trick, preparing viewers to enter a typical rectangular temple when they would instead be walking into a circular one.
  • It consists of a round portico with a barrel vault supported by pillars.
  • Inside the portico was a ring-shaped pool with a central island.
  • During the ancient times, the island was connected to the portico by two wooden drawbridges.

• Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

  • Examples include slender and unfluted Doric columns and four-fronted capitals on Ionic columns, the latter of which helped to solve design problems concerning symmetry on temple porticos.
  • A stoa, or a covered walkway or portico, was used to bind agorae and other public spaces.
  • This portico consists of a double colonnade.

• First Romanesque Architecture

  • Although much of the present church includes 19th century rebuilding, the sculptured portico is a renowned work of Romanesque art.

• Palladio

  • For instance, the main living quarters of the owner on the second level were clearly distinguished in importance by use of a pedimented classical portico, centered and raised above the subsidiary and utilitarian ground level.
  • The height of the portico was achieved by incorporating the owner's sleeping quarters on the third level, within a giant two-story classical colonnade, a motif adapted from Michelangelo's Capitoline buildings in Rome.

• The Church

  • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela
  • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela. c. 1168-1188.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Orientalizing Period

  • Early anta-planned temples consisted of a portico (pronaos) and an inner chamber (naos/cella) atop a simple platform.

• Etruscan Temples

  • Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple's portico.
  • While most portico columns were made of wood, there is evidence that some were made of stone, as at Veii.

• Diocletian's Palace

  • A main feature of the Peristyle is the portico that marks the entrance to Diocletian's private apartments.
  • Following the format of a traditional Roman temple to a degree, the portico rests atop a raised platform.

• The Role of Flanders

  • The courtyard and portico of his own house in Antwerp (Rubenshuis) are good examples of his architectural aesthetic .

• Islamic Architecture

  • Founded in 670, it contains all of the architectural features that distinguish early mosques: a minaret, a large courtyard surrounded by porticos, and a hypostyle prayer hall.