Kapitell
capital (top of a column)
noun kah-pi-TEL Rare
Origin: from Latin capitellum, small head
Usage Note
Kapitell is the crowning element of a column or pilaster, connecting shaft to entablature. Dorisch, Ionisch, and Korinthisch describe the three classical orders and their distinctive Kapitelle. Neutral noun.
Examples
"Das korinthische Kapitell ist mit üppigem Akanthusblattwerk geschmückt."
Natural Translation
The Corinthian capital is decorated with lush acanthus foliage.
Literal Translation
The Corinthian capital is with lush acanthus-leaf-work adorned.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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