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On the mid-pilaster of the hall Perugino placed his own portrait in bust-form.
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A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall.
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During the Renaissance and Baroque architects a range of pilaster forms.
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Their eldest son Alexius Comnenus is represented on an adjacent pilaster.
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The granite base is capped with a dome built of brick and pilaster.
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The pilaster can be replaced by ornamental brackets supporting the entablature or a balcony over a doorway.
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Each window is divided from its neighbour by a pilaster.
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Pilaster, piers, and attached columns are placed rhythmically covering every surface of the shikhara.
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The structure is strictly symmetrical, with an order applied to each storey, mostly in pilaster form.
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- A rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached
- A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.
- (Pilasters) A nonfunctional half-square column reference which protrudes from and is set into a wall for the purpose of referring to the column or a colonnade in a building's design.
- (Pilasters) Columns or posts that are found on the sides of the grandfather clock running vertically. These are decorative, but also add strength the the cabinet.
- (Pilasters) Decorative vertical columns attached to the wall or frame at each side of a doorway.
- Pilasters are decorative elements that emulate engaged piers or pillars.
- A reinforced or enlarged portion of a masonry wall to provide support for roof loads or lateral loads on the wall.
- A projection or the foundation wall used to support a floor girder or stiffen the wall.
- A pilaster is a narrowly protruding column attached to a wall, giving the illusion of a real free standing support column.
