Astylar
Appearance
Astylar(from Gr.ἀ-,privative, andστῦλος,a column) is anarchitecturalterm given to design which uses neithercolumnsnorpilastersfor decorative purposes; thus theRiccardiandStrozzipalaces inFlorenceareastylarin their design, as opposed toPalladio's palaces atVicenza,which arecolumnar.[1]
References
[edit]- ^public domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Astylar".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 821. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the