Peristyle
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| - | :''[[Venus in the Cloister]]'' | ||
| - | A '''cloister''' (from [[Latin]] ''claustrum'') is a covered walk with an open [[colonnade]] on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a [[quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a [[cathedral]] or church usually indicates that it is (or was once) part of a [[monastic]] foundation. | + | # A [[colonnade]] surrounding a [[courtyard]], [[temple]] etc.. |
| + | #* '''1942''': One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the '''peristyle''' have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon'' (Canongate 2006, p. 143) | ||
| + | # A [[courtyard]]; the space surrounded by a colonnade. | ||
| + | # A [[porch]] surrounded by [[column]]s. | ||
| - | Cloistered (or "claustral") life is also another name for the life of a [[monk]] or [[nun]] in the [[enclosed religious orders]]; the modern English term ''enclosure'' is used in contemporary Catholic church law to mean cloistered, and ''cloister'' is sometimes used as a synonym for ''[[monastery]]''. | ||
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| - | In [[medieval]] times, cloisters served the primary function of quiet meditation or study gardens. The ''[[hortus conclusus]]'' or "enclosed garden" of medieval times featured the essential well at the center, from which four paths divided the space into quadrants. | ||
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| - | The largest cloister in the world ({{convert|12000|m²|abbr=on|disp=s}}) is at the [[Certosa di Padula]] near [[Salerno]] in [[southern Italy]]. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Peristyle]] | ||
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- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple etc..
- 1942: One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 143)
- A courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade.
- A porch surrounded by columns.
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