pilasters
Wall-embedded rectangular columns
Pilasters are shallow rectangular columns that project slightly from a wall, serving as decorative architectural elements rather than structural supports.
They typically have a base, shaft, and capital like freestanding columns but are attached to and part of the wall surface.
Common in classical and neoclassical architecture: The entrance was flanked by ornate pilasters.
Lowest entablature element
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
triglyph · dentil · molding · lintel · impost · springer · keystone
Ornate Greek architectural style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
- DoricAustere classical column style
- TuscanOf a central Italian region
- flutingShallow parallel grooves
capital · base · shaft · plinth · acanthus · volute · abacus · engaged
Serving to beautify
- acanthusSpiny-leaved ornamental plant
- flutingShallow parallel grooves
- cartoucheOval framing royal hieroglyphs
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
guilloche · fretwork · reeding · cabling · bas-relief · applied
Pledged to marry
- bayPartially enclosed water
- rusticatedExpelled from school temporarily
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
- fenestrationPlacement of openings
doorway · portico · frontispiece · elevation · symmetry · neoclassical · Renaissance · Baroque
Sustaining structural mass
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- respondGive a reply
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- wallVertical enclosing structure
corner · reinforcement · framing · support · weight-bearing · masonry · attachment
architrave
Lowest entablature element
- friezeOrnamental architectural band
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
pediment · triglyph · dentil · molding · lintel · impost · springer · keystone
Corinthian
Ornate Greek architectural style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
- DoricAustere classical column style
- TuscanOf a central Italian region
fluting · capital · base · shaft · plinth · acanthus · volute · abacus · engaged · rectangular
decorative
Serving to beautify
- acanthusSpiny-leaved ornamental plant
- flutingShallow parallel grooves
- cartoucheOval framing royal hieroglyphs
rosette · guilloche · fretwork · reeding · cabling · bas-relief · applied
engaged
Pledged to marry
- bayPartially enclosed water
- rusticatedExpelled from school temporarily
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
fenestration · doorway · portico · frontispiece · elevation · symmetry · neoclassical · Renaissance · Baroque · Georgian
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
wall · corner · reinforcement · framing · support · weight-bearing · masonry · attachment
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
- ornamentationornaments, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental, embellishment
- woodworkcarving, lumber, molding, boards, wood trim
- columnspillar, column, pillars, shaft, shafts
- Baroquebaroque music, baroque art, Bernini, Bach, Handel
- architectural ornamentacanthus, arabesque, arabesques, architrave, baluster