Architrave

An architrave (/ˈɑːrkɪtreɪv/; from Italian: architrave "chief beam", also called an

epistyle; from Greek ἐπίστυλον epistylon "door frame") is the lintel or beam that
rests on the capitals of the columns. It is an architectural element in Classical
architecture.

The term can also be applied to all sides, including the vertical members, of a frame
with mouldings around a door or window. The word architrave is also used to refer
more generally to a style of mouldings (or other elements) framing the top of a door,
window or other rectangular opening, where the horizontal "head" casing extends Architrave of the left-sideportal in the
across the tops of the vertical side casings where the elements join (creating a butt facade of Sant'Ambrogio basilica in
joint, as opposed to a miter joint).[1] Milan, Italy

Contents
Classical architecture
Metaphorical use
Indian architecture (Śilpaśāstra)
See also
Footnotes
External links Architrave in the Basilica di San
Salvatore, Spoleto, Italy.

Classical architecture
In an entablature in classical architecture, it is the lowest part, below the frieze and cornice. The word is derived from the Greek and
Latin words arche and trabs combined together to mean "main beam". The architrave is different in the different orders. In the
Tuscan, it only consists of a plain face, crowned with a fillet, and is half a module in height. In the Doric and composite, it has two
[2]
faces, or fasciae; and three in the Ionic and Corinthian, in which it is 10/12 of a module high, though but half a module in the rest.

Metaphorical use
The term "architrave" has also been used in academic writing to mean the fundamental part of something (a speech, a thought or a
reasoning), or the basis upon which an idea, reasoning, thought or philosophy is built.

Examples:

1. "...the Mature Hegel – the Hegel of the Philosophy of Right – who becomes
the architrave on which he (Honneth,
ed.) constructs his social philosophy."[3]
2. "to become the architrave of his theoretic construction"
Ref.: Pag. 281, Economics and institutions Contributions from the History of Economic thought (Pier Francesco Asso, Luca Fiorito,
Italian Association forHistory and Economic Thought, Vol. IV, Franco Angeli Press 2007)LINK

Indian architecture (Śilpaśāstra)

In śilpaśāstra, the ancient Indian science of sculpture, the architrave is commonly referred to by its Sanskrit name uttara.[4] It is
placed above the bracket (potika) of a pillar (stambha), which gives it extra support.

[5] :
Dravidian architecture recognizes several distinct types of Architraves

rounded (vṛttapotika),
wavy (taraṅgapotika),
flower shaped (puṣpapotika),
bevel and tenon type (ādhārapotika),
voluted (muṣṭibanda),
figural (citrapotika).

See also
Archivolt – expanded and elaborated architrave element
Dolmen – Neolithic predecessor, megalithic tombs with structural stone lintels
Lintel
Post and lintel – architectural system with architraves-lintels

Footnotes
1. Ching, Francis D.K. (1995).A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 179,186.
ISBN 0-471-28451-3.
2. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article
name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences(first ed.). James and John Knapton, et
al.
3. Page: XIV, The Ethics of Democracy: A Contemporary Reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (Lucio Cortella, SUNY
Press, 2015)[1] (https://books.google.de/books?id=7-eGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR14&lpg=PR14&dq=architrave+The+Ethi
cs+of+Democracy:+A+Contemporary+Reading+of+Hegel%27s+Philosophy+of+Right&source=bl&ots=-fuXldXNxs&s
ig=ehwYWix46K1u4XefRyUzjPaf3iY&hl=it&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=architrave%20The%20Ethics%20of%
20Democracy%3A%20A%20Contemporary%20Reading%20of%20Hegel's%20Philosophy%20of%20Right&f=true)
4. "Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD" (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/91948/14/14_chapter%
206.pdf) (PDF).
5. "Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD" (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/91948/16/16_chapter%
208.pdf) (PDF).

External links
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