BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

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BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ") , an architectural structure built in the upper

part

PART

of a building or in any elevated position so as to command a fine view. The belvedere assumes various forms, such as an

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the
primitive
- PRIMITIVE
form,
angus
- ANGUS, EARLS OF
, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a
bend
- BEND
or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a
bend
- BEND
; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

turret, a

cupola

CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

, a loggia or open gallery. The name is also applied to the whole building, as the Belvedere gallery in the Vatican at Rome. For

Apollo

APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Belvidere

BELVIDERE

see

GREEK

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

ART,

Plate

PLATE

II. fig. 55.

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