Architectural forms

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Queen Square (North Side)

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Royal Crescent (central house)

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Glossary

entasis: the slight convex curvature of the shaft of columns meant to counterbalance the optical illusion that they are thinner in the middle.

giant order: columns running up the height of two storeys.

pediments can be of different shapes:

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triangular

 

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segmental

 

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broken

 

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Variations in the design of pediments were used in the Northern crescents of Bath to solve the difficulties of relating architectural forms to the inner layout of the houses.

 

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