单词 | giant order |
释义 | > as lemmasgiant order giant order n. Architecture an order whose columns extend through more than one storey; also called colossal order. ΚΠ 1945 J. Summerson Georgian London vi. 72 Gibbs adopted the reverse policy of starting with a giant order. 1961 N. Pevsner Northamptonshire 269 The giant order of pilasters, a motif derived from Delorme's St Maur of 1541–4 and illustrated in his Architecture in 1567. 1979 E. H. Gombrich Sense of Order vii. 178 ‘The giant orders’ which Michelangelo introduced in his design of the Capitol..presented such a bold departure because normally each storey of a building was assigned its own order. < as lemmas |
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