Compound pier

Japanese: compound pier(英語表記)compoundpier
Compound pier

…In Asia Minor and India, the capitals were often carved with animal figures or fluted, and the shafts were covered with sculpture. In medieval European architecture, columns were often carved with inverted pyramid-shaped capitals that flared upward, and the shafts were characterized by clustered piers and compound piers, in which pilasters were attached to the lines of the arch or vault they supported. The shape of the column cannot be unrelated to the shape of the structure it rests on. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "compound pier" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…小アジアやインドでも,柱頭に動物の姿が刻まれたり縦溝が施されたりし,彫刻が柱身を覆ったりする形式がみられる。 中世ヨーロッパ建築では,柱は角錐台を倒立させた上ひろがりの柱頭に彫刻を施したものがしばしば用いられ,柱身は柱が支えるアーチやボールトの線条と連続したピラスターがまとわりついた簇柱(ぞくちゆう)clustered pierや複合柱compound pierが特徴となった。柱の形状は,上部にいただく架構形式の形状と無関係ではあり得ないのである。…

※「compound pier」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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