hypostyle

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.