Allegorical capital - Guiichiutou

…These capitals were inherited by Islamic architecture in the West, and although they produced variations, they did not develop significantly. In the Romanesque style of Western Europe, the block capital (cushion capital) was a heavy block capital with a cube at the top and a sphere at the bottom, and the scalloped capital and those with carvings of water plants were developed. In France, allegorical capitals with carvings of figures from the Bible were created, and in Gothic, the simple crocket capital was widely used. From the early modern period onwards, the Greek and Roman capitals were revived, and they were widely used until the early 20th century. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "allegorical capitals" are listed below.

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…これらの柱頭は西方のイスラム建築に受け継がれて変種を生むが，大きな発展はない。西欧のロマネスクでは上部を立方体，下部を球形とする鈍重なブロックblock柱頭(クッションcushion柱頭)，これを発展させたスカロップトscalloped柱頭や水草を彫ったものなどのほか，フランスでは聖書中の人物などを彫った寓意柱頭chapiteau historiéが作られ，ゴシックでは単純なクロケットcrocket柱頭が広く用いられた。近世以降はギリシア･ローマの柱頭を復活させ，20世紀初期までこれを盛んに使用した。…

※「寓意柱頭」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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