Architectural canopies

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > architectural elements > <structural elements and structural element components> > structural elements > enclosing structural elements > membrane structures > rooflike enclosing structures > canopies (structural elements)

Descripción

Roof-like ornamented projections, suspended from one wall or from the ceiling, used in architecture or furniture design, typically placed over a niche, door, window, tomb, etc., to protect it from the sun or elements, or to draw attention to the feature.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300375688

Otros términos

  • architectural canopy [en]
  • canopies, architectural [en]