portico

(noun)

A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

Related Terms

  • tyrant
  • agora

Examples of portico in the following topics:

  • Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

    • The Pantheon takes its shape from Greek circular temples, however it is faced by a Roman rectangular portico and a triangular pediment supported by monolithic granite columns imported from Egypt.
    • The portico, which originally included a flight of stairs to a podium, acts as a visual trick, preparing viewers to enter a typical rectangular temple when they would instead be walking into a circular one.
    • It consists of a round portico with a barrel vault supported by pillars.
    • Inside the portico was a ring-shaped pool with a central island.
    • During the ancient times, the island was connected to the portico by two wooden drawbridges.
  • Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

    • Examples include slender and unfluted Doric columns and four-fronted capitals on Ionic columns, the latter of which helped to solve design problems concerning symmetry on temple porticos.
    • A stoa, or a covered walkway or portico, was used to bind agorae and other public spaces.
    • This portico consists of a double colonnade.
  • First Romanesque Architecture

    • Although much of the present church includes 19th century rebuilding, the sculptured portico is a renowned work of Romanesque art.
  • Palladio

    • For instance, the main living quarters of the owner on the second level were clearly distinguished in importance by use of a pedimented classical portico, centered and raised above the subsidiary and utilitarian ground level.
    • The height of the portico was achieved by incorporating the owner's sleeping quarters on the third level, within a giant two-story classical colonnade, a motif adapted from Michelangelo's Capitoline buildings in Rome.
  • The Church

    • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela
    • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela. c. 1168-1188.
  • Temple Architecture in the Greek Orientalizing Period

    • Early anta-planned temples consisted of a portico (pronaos) and an inner chamber (naos/cella) atop a simple platform.
  • Etruscan Temples

    • Two rows of prostyle columns stood on the front of the temple's portico.
    • While most portico columns were made of wood, there is evidence that some were made of stone, as at Veii.
  • Diocletian's Palace

    • A main feature of the Peristyle is the portico that marks the entrance to Diocletian's private apartments.
    • Following the format of a traditional Roman temple to a degree, the portico rests atop a raised platform.
  • The Role of Flanders

    • The courtyard and portico of his own house in Antwerp (Rubenshuis) are good examples of his architectural aesthetic .
  • 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.
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