What is the platform from which columns rise called in a Greek temple?
What is the platform from which columns rise called in a Greek temple? In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (Greek: st???ß?t??) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple).
What are the names of the temple columns?
According to the Bible, Boaz (Hebrew: ??????? Bo?az) and Jachin ( ??????? Ya?in) were two copper, brass or bronze pillars which stood on the porch of Solomon's Temple, the first Temple in Jerusalem.
What is the part of the temple above the columns?
An entablature (/?n'tæbl?t??r/; nativization of Italian intavolatura, from in in and tavola table) is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.