arcade

Examples of arcade in the following topics:

• Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture

  • Romanesque design is also characterized by the presence of arches and openings, arcades, columns, and vaults and roofs.
  • The arcade of a cloister is typically of a single stage; the arcade that divides the nave and aisles in a church, however, is typically of two stages, with a third stage of window openings known as the clerestory rising above them.
  • External arcades are frequently called "blind arcades," with only a wall or a narrow passage behind them.
  • 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 facade of Notre Dame du Puy, le Puy en Velay, France, has a more complex arrangement of diversified arches: doors of varying widths, blind arcading, windows, and open arcades.

• Illustrated Books in the Early Middle Ages

  • The decoration of the first eight pages of the canon tables is heavily influenced by early Gospel Books from the Mediterranean, where it was traditional to enclose the tables within an arcade.
  • Although influenced by this Mediterranean tradition, the Kells manuscript presents this motif in an Insular spirit, where the arcades are not seen as architectural elements but rather become stylized geometric patterns with Insular ornamentation .
  • The Evangelists are placed in a grid and enclosed in an arcade, as is common in the Mediterranean tradition.
  • However, notice the elaborate geometric and stylized ornamentation in the arcade that highlights the Insular aesthetic.

• Ottonian Architecture in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The central body of the church has the nave with two aisles sided by two towers characteristic of Carolingian architecture, but it also displays novelties anticipating Romanesque architecture, including the alternation of pillars and columns (a common feature in later Saxon churches), semi-blind arcades in galleries on the nave, and column capitals decorated with stylized leaves of acanthus and human heads .

• Gothic Cathedrals

  • Gothic openings such as doorways, windows, arcades, and galleries have pointed arches.
  • Rows of pointed arches upon delicate shafts form a typical wall decoration known as a blind arcade.

• French Architecture in the Baroque Period: Versailles

  • The main feature of this room is a series of 17 mirrored arches that reflect 17 arcaded windows overlooking the gardens.
  • The main feature of the Hall of Mirrors is a series of 17 mirrored arches that reflect 17 arcaded windows overlooking the gardens.

• Architecture of the Early Roman Empire

  • It was a large and ornate with two levels of arcades.
  • The exterior of the Colosseum is divided into four bands, representing four interior arcades.
  • The arcades were carefully designed to allow tens of thousands of spectators to enter and exit within minutes.

• 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.

• Urbino

  • Laurana's light, almost delicate arcaded courtyard at Urbino rivals that of the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome as the finest of the Renaissance.

• Artistic Conventions in Painting

  • It is defined by a dark arcade behind several classical heroic figures.

• Proportion and Scale

  • For instance, the Greek classical architectural orders are all proportioned rather than dimensioned or measured modules, because the earliest modules were not based on body parts and their spans (fingers, palms, hands, and feet), but rather on column diameters and the widths of arcades and fenestrations.