FRONTISPIECE

Frontispiece

In architecture, a frontispiece is the combination of elements that frame and decorate the main, or front, door to a building. The term is especially used when the main entrance is the chief face of the building rather than being kept behind columns or a portico. Early German churches often employed frontispieces to hide the aisles and nave. In Kentucky, the frontispieces of Georgian buildings characteristically feature a lunette above the door and colonettes on either side. In Chiapas, frontispieces are typically elongated.

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frontispiece

Noun

  1. An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
  2. The title page of a book.
  3. A facade, especially an ornamental one.
  4. A small pediment of which is ornamental, especially on the top of a window or door.


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