| 单词 | colossal order |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolossal order colossal order n. [after French ordre colossal (1788 in the passage translated in quot. 1789)] Architecture = giant order n. at giant n. and adj. Special uses; (also) an example of this. ΚΠ 1789 tr. V. Denon Trav. Sicily & Malta 155 An entablature of ten feet ten inches nine lines in height, which would appear heavy on any other but a Colossal order [Fr. un ordre colossal], here produces an admirable effect. 1826 E. T. Cresy tr. F. Milizia Lives of Celebrated Architects II. 218 He only left a design for the facade of the Louvre, which is as well not executed. It consists of colossal orders, unequally distributed, containing two stories, with windows badly decorated. 1912 H. H. Statham Short Crit. Hist. Archit. vii. 461 It was Michelangelo who was the real and uncompromising prophet of the colossal order. 2007 I. Gournay in C. R. Field et al. Paris on Potomac 9 The rejection of the colossal order encompassing several stories, and the introduction of highly three-dimensional wall treatments. < as lemmas |
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