hypostyle

(adjective)

Having a roof supported on a row of columns.

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Examples of hypostyle in the following topics:

  • Egyptian Monuments

    • Hypostyle halls (covered rooms filled with columns) led to peristyle courts (open courts), where the public could meet with priests.
    • This view of the Temple of Karnak shows they hypostyle hall, with massive columns.

  • Architecture of the New Kingdom

    • The columns of its Hypostyle Hall imitate lotus plants and contain eloborate sunken relief.
    • Thirty-nine out of the 48 columns still stand in the hypostyle hall, and part of the gold-and-blue decorated ceiling has also been preserved.

  • Islamic Architecture

    • Founded in 670, it contains all of the architectural features that distinguish early mosques: a minaret, a large courtyard surrounded by porticos, and a hypostyle prayer hall.

  • Art and Architecture of the Achaemenid Empire

    • This hypostyle hall has a total of 36 fluted columns with capitals sculpted into unique forms.

  • Egyptian Art

    • Shown here is the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Karnak.