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Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted. In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
This style of vaulted ceiling is known as a cathedral ceiling. “Cathedral ceilings normally mirror the roof structure and have sides that slope and meet at a ridge in the center,” says Maggie ...
In Christianity, Psalms 118:22, [6] translated in the Authorized Version as "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner", is taken to refer to Jesus. Referring to the Book of Mormon , Joseph Smith said that it "was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get ...
A plafond (French for "ceiling"), in a broad sense, is a (flat, vaulted or dome) ceiling. A plafond can be a product of monumental painting or sculpture . Picturesque plafonds can be painted directly on plaster (as a fresco , oil , tempera , synthetic paints ), on a canvas attached to a ceiling (panel), or a mosaic .
A vaulted semicircular or polygonal end of a chancel or chapel. That portion of a church, usually Christian, beyond the "crossing" and opposite the nave. In some churches, the choir is seated in this space. Araeostyle A style of intercolumniation in which the distance between columns is at least four diameters.
The Catalan vault (Catalan: volta catalana), also called thin-tile vault, [1] Catalan turn, Catalan arch, boveda ceiling (Spanish bóveda 'vault'), or timbrel vault, is a type of low brickwork arch forming a vaulted ceiling that often supports a floor above. It is constructed by laying a first layer of light bricks lengthwise "in space ...
Coffered ceiling of the barrel-vaulted nave in the Temple of Jupiter at Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia. Built early 4th century. Nave of Lisbon Cathedral with a barrel vaulted soffit. Note the absence of clerestory windows, all of the light being provided by the Rose window at one end of the vault. The Cloisters, New York City
The dome permitted the construction of vaulted ceilings without crossbeams and made possible large covered public spaces such as public baths and basilicas, such as Hadrian's Pantheon, the Baths of Diocletian and the Baths of Caracalla, all in Rome. [9] The Romans first adopted the arch from the Etruscans and implemented it in their own ...