Architectural forms
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Glossary
entasis: the slight convex curvature of the shaft of columns meant to counterbalance the optical illusion that they are thinner in the middle.
giant order: columns running up the height of two storeys.
pediments can be of different shapes:
- triangular
- segmental
- broken
- open
Variations in the design of pediments were used in the Northern crescents of Bath to solve the difficulties of relating architectural forms to the inner layout of the houses.
