balustrades

(noun)

a kind of low wall that is placed at the sides of staircases, bridges, etc., and that is made of a row of short posts topped by a long rail

Related Terms

  • mansard
  • aqueduct
  • mansard roof
  • bas-relief
  • roof comb

Examples of balustrades in the following topics:

  • The Temple of Athena Nike

    • A parapet was added on the balustrade to protect visitors from falling down the steep hillside.
  • Architecture in the Vijayanagar Empire

    • Palaces usually spanned multiple levels and had tall flights of stairs flanked on either side by balustrades carved with yali and elephants.
  • Architecture of the Maya

    • At the spring and fall equinoxes, the setting sun casts an undulating, serpent-like shadow on the stairways forming bodies for the serpent heads carved at the base of the balustrades.
  • Teotihuacan

    • Archaeological excavation of this temple's earlier-phase tableros and a stairway balustrade have revealed painted heads of the Feathered Serpent, the goggle-eyed Rain or Storm God, and reliefs of aquatic shells and snails.
  • Architecture of the Han Dynasty

    • They often had a walled courtyard at the bottom, a balcony with balustrades and windows for every floor, and roof tiles capping and concealing the ceiling rafters.
  • Norman Architecture

    • Around its top run balustrades formed of Gothic letters, which read as part of the Magnificat.
  • Architecture of the Aztecs

    • Each stairway was defined by balustrades flanking the stairs terminating in menacing serpent heads at the base; these stairways were used only by the priests and sacrificial victims.
  • The Acropolis

    • A parapet was added on the balustrade to protect visitors from falling down the steep hillside.
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