Example of cornice laden roof line

In classical architecture the cornice is the set of projecting moldings that crown an entablature. The cornice lies above the frieze, which rests on the architrave. The function of the projecting cornice is to throw rainwater free of the building's walls. In non-classical building practice, this function is handled by eaves and gutters, and in modernist architecture the elimination of the cornice has been important enough, often simply for demands of style, that elaborate internal drainage systems are provided. 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. ... 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. ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Molding (US) or moulding (UK) can be: moulding or molding, a decorative feature used in interior design and architecture molding or moulding, a process used in manufacturing This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An entablature is a classical architectural element, the superstructure which lies horizontally above the columns, resting on their capitals. ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ... The architrave is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The word gutter refers to a long, thin trough, usually one that runs straight. ... Modern architecture is a broad 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. ...

A pediment is formed under the gable end of a building, where the cornice is carried across the wall at the height of the eaves and repeated above, under the roof line. 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 cornice, by extension. becomes any horizontal molded projection which crowns an element: the cornice of a door or window, for instance, or the cornice of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.

Each of the Classic orders has certain characteristic profiles to its cornice:

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

In Italianate Architecture, a Cornice roof line is featured in most variants of this style. 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. ...

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