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An example of a cornice, above large corbels, along the top of a building in Wheeling, West Virginia.

The term cornice comes from Italian cornice, meaning "ledge". In French: "corniche", and German:"Gesims" Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Cornice. ... This article is about the snow formation. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1932x1413, 726 KB) Summary An example of a cornice along the top of a building in Wheeling, West Virginia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1932x1413, 726 KB) Summary An example of a cornice along the top of a building in Wheeling, West Virginia. ... Elaborately decorated classical-style stone corbels support balconies on a building in Indianapolis. ... Nickname: The Friendly City Location in Ohio County in the State of West Virginia Coordinates: Settled 1769 Established 1806 Incorporated 1836  - Mayor Nick Sparachane  - City Manager Robert Herron  - Chief of Police Kevin Gessler, Sr. ...

Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding which crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding. A large family of mouldings which are designed to gracefully flare out to a finished top edge; generally used for capping walls, pilasters, cabinets; used extensively in the creation of interior and exterior cornice assemblies and door and window hoods. ...

The function of the projecting cornice is to throw rainwater free of the building's walls. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves and gutters. The complete elimination of the cornice has been important enough in modernist architecture, often simply for demands of style, that elaborate internal drainage systems are provided. The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, showing four gables in this view. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A rain gutter (also known as eavestrough, guttering or just gutter) is a narrow channel, or trough, forming the component of a roof system which collects and diverts rainwater shed by the roof. ... Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, a well known example of modern architecture Modern architecture,not to be confused with contemporary architecture, is a term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ...

Classical architecture

Doric order in the Parthenon

The cornice molding is the set of projecting moldings that crown an entablature along the top edge of a temple or building. The cornice lies above the frieze, which rests on the architrave, all supported by columns. Doric order of the Parthenon, engraving from A. Rosengarten, A Handbook of Architectural Styles, NY, 1898 The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... Doric order of the Parthenon, engraving from A. Rosengarten, A Handbook of Architectural Styles, NY, 1898 The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... Doric, a synonym of Dorian, may refer to any of the following: The Dorians, one of the ancient Hellenic races, Doric Greek, the dialect of the former, the Doric order and its distinctive Doric column, in ancient Greek architecture, the Dorian mode in music, also called the Doric mode, or... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. ... An entablature is a classical architectural element, the superstructure which lies horizontally above the columns, resting on their capitals. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an Doric Greek temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ... The architrave is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. ...

The sloping cornice, "raking cornice" or "rake board", is also carried across the top of the triangular pediment, at the gable end of a building. (refer to image), found on the front of such buildings as the Parthenon, the Acropolis or Schinkel's Schauspielhaus. The sloping cornice hangs over the end of the structure supporting the roof. In classical and neoclassical architecture, the sloping cornice uses the same molding profile as the cornice below. A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns. ... The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, showing four gables in this view. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Acropolis of Athens from the south-west with the Propylaea and the Temple of Nike (left centre) and the theatre of Herodes Atticus (below left) Acropolis (Gr. ... ...

Each of the classic orders has certain characteristic profiles to its cornice: From the point of view of modern times, the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean sometimes seem to blend smoothly into one melange we call the Classical. ...

• The cornice of the Doric order
• The cornice of the Ionic order
• The cornice of the Corinthian order

The uncompleted Doric temple at Segesta, Sicily, has been waiting for finishing of its surfaces since 430–420 BC The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. ... Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ...

Gallery

Example of the projecting cornice of an Italianate residence Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 1469 KB)Image of a Victorian Italianate house from San Francisco taken November 2003 by Andrew McLaughlin. ...

Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (4305x3379, 7029 KB) Louis Sullivan - cornice - Wainwright Building, Seventh + Chestnut Streets, Saint Louis, St. ... Wainwright Building The Wainwright Building is a 10-story red-brick landmark office building in downtown St. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856–April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd...

English cornice with finials Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 227 pixels Full resolution (2820 × 800 pixel, file size: 1. ... Finial at Aachen town hall Illustration by Viollet-le-Duc, 1856 The finial is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed to decoratively emphasise the apex of a gable, or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. ...

del palazzo dei Flavi sul Palatino (peristilio) Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 596 × 600 pixels Full resolution (790 × 795 pixel, file size: 577 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Modanature di una cornice ionica del palazzo dei Flavi sul Palatino (peristilio). ...

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