1) Architectural element 2) Landmark in Los Angeles
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A triforium is a shallow arched gallery within the thickness of inner wall, which stands above the nave of a church or cathedral. It may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be located as a separate level below the clerestory. It may itself have an outer wall of glass rather than stone. Triforia are sometimes referred to, errone...
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[Los Angeles] The Triforium is the name of a six-story, 60-ton public sculpture in the Los Angeles Mall Civic Center complex, located at the intersection of Temple and Main Streets in Downtown Los Angeles. ==History== The Mall`s architect, Robert Stockwell commissioned artist Joseph Young to create the sculpture and it was installed in 1975...
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gallery or arcade over an aisle; gallery over nave and choir
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• (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.
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a galleried arcade at the second floor level, even with the aisle roof. Also called a 'blind-storey' the triforium looks like a row of window frames without window openings.
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in architecture, space in a church above the nave arcade, below the clerestory, and extending over the vaults, or ceilings, of the side aisles. The ... [1 related articles]
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In Romanesque and Gothic aisled churches, the stage of wall between the top of the nave arcade and the bottom of the clerestory, masking the lean-to roof over the aisle. It is usually pierced with...
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an arcaded wall passage, extending around a church between the ground floor arcade and the clerestory.
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In architecture a triforium is a gallery or arcade in the wall, over the arches separating the body from the aisles of a church. The arcade is not in general carried entirely through the wall, but there is most commonly a passage-way behind it, which is often continued in the thickness of the wall round the entire building. In some cases, however, ...
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triforium A gallery between the vaulting and the roof of the aisle of a church; so called because it often has three openings to each bay.
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A gallery between the-arcade and the clerestory.
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Space or passage above the nave arcade, below the clerestory, and extending over the ceiling or vaults of the side aisle (fig.6). A blind triforium does not contain a passageway and blind arches are placed in front of the wall such as at Amiens. A false triforium has arcades which open to the roof. A pierced triforium contains windows in the outer ...
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