ENGAGED See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

COLUMN  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, sometimes defined as semi or three-See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter detached according to its See also:

• PROJECTION

projection; the See also:

• TERM

term implies that the column is partly attached to a See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier or See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall . It is rarely found in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• WORK

work, and then only in exceptional cases, but it exists in profusion in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman architecture . In the temples it is attached to the See also:

• CELLA

cella walls . repeating the columns of the See also:

• PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

peristyle, and in the theatres and amphitheatres, where they subdivided the arched openings: in all these cases engaged columns are utilized as a decorative feature, and as a See also:

• RULE

rule the same proportions are maintained as if they had been isolated columns . In Romanesque work the classic proportions are no longer adhered to; the engaged column, attached to the piers, has always a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FUNCTION

function to perform, either to support subsidiary See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, or, raised to the vault, to carry its transverse or See also:

• DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal ribs . The same constructional See also:

• OBJECT

object is followed in the earlier See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic styles, in which they become merged into the See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings . Being virtually always ready made, so far as their See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design is concerned, they were much affected by the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian revivalists .