Gonna start off with this in lieu of my usual habit of sneaking it in during the middle of the day--mainly because I have some pictures I need to format, and it's going to take a while, and I don't want anyone to have nothing to do when they come by. I'm very thoughtful that way, you know. ANYway, today's term is:
APADANA (APADHANA). In Ancient Persia a free-standing columned hall apparently serving as a throne-room. Outstanding was the hundred-columned apadana built in Persepolis under Darius I. The apadana often had a portico, and was itself mostly square in plan.
Well, as always, I am amazed at just how UNobscure some of these turn out to be--searched around for about two seconds and found the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, which has an exhibit of close to a thousand photos of Persepolis and ancient Iran, and a ton of photos of just the Apadana itself. Incredibly beautiful, even in ruins.EEK! I almost forgot! Definition courtesy of the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition! See what happens when you get out of your routine!?
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 28, 2005 08:20 AMThere's nothing like a good fallen Addorsed Bull Capital.
Posted by: skinnydan at June 28, 2005 11:36 AMNothing--except for maybe some custom hupcaps on the king's Escalade!
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 28, 2005 12:16 PM