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Atlas (architecture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (413 words) |
 | Atlantes, the plural form of Atlas, is an architectural term for support columns sculpted in the form of a man. Another name for Telamon. |
| Atlantes originated in ancient Greece and the term is the Latin plural of the word Atlas - the Titan who was forced to hold the earth (or sky in some versions) on his shoulders for eternity. |
| Atlantes were later used in many other cultures - including the Roman and Aztec - and played a significant role in baroque architecture. |
| Atlantes Neerlandici (2352 words) |
| Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici has now been out of print for several years, and when it was decided to publish a new edition of the bibliography it became clear that a simple photographic reproduction of the original work would not meet present requirements. |
| The preparation of this new edition of Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici started in 1993 and 1994 with the dispatch of a questionnaire to some 1,500 libraries world-wide, asking for their holdings of Dutch terrestrial atlases published before 1800 (sea atlases and atlases of the 19th and 20th century need a special approach). |
| Atlantes Austriaci: Kommentierte Katalog der österreichische Atlanten von 1561 bis 1994. |
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