The term can also apply to all sides, including the vertical members, of a frame with mouldings around a door or window. The word "architrave" has come to be used to refer more generally to a style ofmouldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening, where the horizontal "head" casing extends across the tops of the vertical side casings where the elements join (forming abutt joint, as opposed to amiter joint).[3]
The termarchitrave has also been used in academic writing to mean the fundamental part of something (a speech, a thought or a reasoning), or the basis upon which an idea, reasoning, thought or philosophy is built.
Examples:
"...the Mature Hegel – the Hegel of the Philosophy of Right – who becomesthe architrave on which he(Honneth, ed.) constructs his social philosophy."[5]
"to becomethe architrave of his theoretic construction"[6]
In modern architecture and interior design, the termarchitrave also refers to the mouldings that frame doors and windows.[7] Unlike classical architraves, which were primarily structural and often ornate, modern architraves are typically decorative and functional, concealing the gap between the wall and the door or window frame.
Modern architraves serve both aesthetic and practical purposes:
Concealing gaps between the wall and the frame of a door or window.
Protecting edges from damage.
Enhancing the overall aesthetic of an interior space.
Modern architraves are typically installed after the walls have been finished (plastered and painted) but before flooring is laid. They are often painted or finished to match or complement the doors and walls they surround.
Inśilpaśāstra, the Hindu texts on architecture, the architrave is commonly referred to by its Sanskrit nameuttara.[10] InHindu temple architecture it is placed above the bracket (potika) of a pillar (stambha), which gives it extra support. The Indian entablature is calledprastara.
Dravidian architecture recognizes several distinct types of architraves:[10]
^Reich, Ronny; Katzenstein, Hannah (1992). "Glossary of Archaeological Terms". In Kempinski, Aharon; Reich, Ronny (eds.).The Architecture of Ancient Israel. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society. p. 311.ISBN978-965-221-013-5.
^Ching, Francis D.K. (1995).A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 179, 186.ISBN0-471-28451-3.
^Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728).Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 1. James and John Knapton.
^Page: XIV, The Ethics of Democracy: A Contemporary Reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (Lucio Cortella, SUNY Press, 2015)[1]
