engaged column
architecture
Also known as: attached column, embedded column
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occurrence at Acragas
- In Western architecture: The Archaic period (c. 750–500 bce)
…not freestanding but were half-columns engaged against (that is, partially attached to) a continuous solid wall. An earlier Sicilian variant of this use of the plastically molded wall mass with the orders applied decoratively can be seen in the columnar curtain walls of Temple F at Selinus, begun about 560…
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