Downtown Courthouse

 

These were taken on February 24th. I remember that day because it was a beautiful day; versus the usual gloomy, Georgia weather.

I don't know what those bas reliefs are. They look like whales around ninja stars. And that rose window doesn't even look like a rose.

We were lucky enough for this metope to have a frieze on it.

This frieze has nothing...not so lucky.

 

 

• bas relief (bahs ri-leef) In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken.

• rose window(rohz win-doh) A circular stained-glass window.
 
• metope ([met-uh-pee)The square panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculpted in relief.
 
• triglyph  (trahy-glif)   A triple projecting, grooved member of a Doric frieze that alternates with metopes.

• architrave (/ˈärkiˌtrāv; ahr-ki-treyv) The lintel or lowest division of entablature; also called the epistyle
 
• frieze (freez)The part of the entablature between the architrave and the cornice; also, any sculptured or painted band in a building.
 
• cornice (ˈkôrnis)The projecting, crowning member of the entablature framing the pediment; also, any crowning projection.

•  pilaster (pi-las-ter) flat, rectangular, vertical member projecting from a wall of which it forms a part. It usually has a base and a capital and is often fluted.

• pediment (ped-uh-muh nt)In classical architecture, the triangular space (gable) at the end of a building, formed by the ends of the sloping roof above the colonnade; also, an ornamental feature having this shape.

• high relief(hahy ri-leef ) a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth.

• Entablature
• Fluting
 

When the words are like this it means that I defined it in an earlier post. If there are repeats...I'm sorry...just don't want to accidentally not define something. But if you have any questions just ask one of your amazing presenters!