stylobate

stylobate
   In architecture, the platform or foundation for a row of columns. On the Parthenon, the top step of the three-step platform is known as the stylobate. In each of the classical orders, the lower members of the platform can include the stereobate and the leveling course or euthynteria. The stylobate rests the base of the column, which support the entablature.

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  • STYLOBATE — Terme d’architecture grecque désignant l’assise supérieure de la crépis (ou plate forme à degrés) sur laquelle reposent les colonnes d’un édifice (les murs sont supportés par le toichobate). À cause de ses importantes dimensions, le stylobate… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stylobate — Sty lo*bate, n. [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. ?; ? a pillar + ? one that treads, fr. ? to go.] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See {Sub base}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stylobate — en architecture désigne : Un Piédestal supportant une colonnade, comportant moulure, base et corniche régnant sur le pourtour d’un édifice. Le degré supérieur constituant l emmarchement dans certains cas d architecture grecque avec péristyle …   Wikipédia en Français

  • stylobate — [stī′lə bāt΄] n. [L stylobates < Gr stylobatēs < stylos (see STYLITE) + bainein, to GO1] Archit. a continuous base or coping for a row of columns …   English World dictionary

  • Stylobate — In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (Greek: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform on which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple). The platform was built on a leveling course… …   Wikipedia

  • stylobate — noun Etymology: Latin stylobates, from Greek, stylobatēs, from stylos pillar + bainein to walk, go more at come Date: 1694 a continuous flat coping or pavement supporting a row of architectural columns …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • STYLOBATE — s. m. T. d Archit. Piédestal ou soubassement qui porte des colonnes …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • STYLOBATE — n. m. T. d’Architecture Piédestal, soubassement qui porte des colonnes …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • stylobate — /stuy leuh bayt /, n. Archit. (in a classical temple) a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, esp. the outermost colonnade. [1555 65; < L stylobates, stylobata < Gk stylobátes, equiv. to stylo STYLO 2… …   Universalium

  • stylobate — noun The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected …   Wiktionary

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