22:10 Feb 22, 2021 |
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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Architecture | |||||||
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3 +1 | dado |
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2 +1 | canopy |
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2 | Cornice/or GRC |
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Cornice/or GRC Explanation: For external decoration of building : cornice moulding to decorate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornice or GRC (glassfibre reinforced concrete) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_fiber_reinforced_concret... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2021-02-23 00:46:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Cornice A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall. That can be made from different types of materials stones, bricks, GRC, Gypsum etc.. |
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canopy Explanation: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/450416 A guardapolvo was a **canopy or little roof-like projection** at the top of the retablo. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sapu/hsr/hsr7c.... Salinas Pueblo Missions NM: Architectural History (Chapter 7) 3. Box for las pilastras y guardapolvo del retablo, the pilasters and canopy, 6 3/4 feet by 1 1/3 feet (depth unstated). [28] 28 A guardapolvo was a canopy or little roof-like projection at the top of the retablo. https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=erEYlKTP_ZEC&pg=PA296&l... Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone, and Light: The Churches of ...https://books.google.com.jm › books Gloria Fraser Giffords · 2007 · Architecture ... desire for more realistic and lifelike images so prevalent in the Spanish baroque . ... its figures and paintings , a device called a ***guardapolvo ( literally , dust guard ), and ranging from a simple molding to a canopy - like projection** , was ... used since the Renaissance ( see also “ Columns ” under “ Architectural Details ” in ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2021-02-23 01:35:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Another option (and only being "forced" to input as I am not 100% certain that it is correct) is "skirting board (skirting)". See my previous reference comment. |
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