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rusticados

English translation: rusticated masonry

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Portuguese term or phrase:rusticados
English translation:rusticated masonry
Entered by: Douglas Bissell

10:00 Sep 10, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Portuguese term or phrase: rusticados
Pense-se nos grandes palácios da Renascimento florentino – Rucellai ou Medici-Riccardi – em que as fachadas exibem poderosos rusticados de pedra escura com exíguas janelas, mantendo os estranhos e os olhares indiscretos à distância.
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 21:10
rusticated masonry
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustication_(architecture)

Coincidentally in this article there's a picture of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence.

Rusticated masonry is usually "dressed", or squared off neatly, on all sides of the stones except the face that will be visible when the stone is put in place. This is given wide joints that emphasize the edges of each block, by angling the edges ("channel-jointed"), or dropping them back a little. The main part of the exposed face may worked flat and smooth or left or worked with a more or less rough or patterned surface. Rustication is often used to give visual weight to the ground floor in contrast to smooth ashlar above. Though intended to convey a "rustic" simplicity, the finish is highly artificial, and the faces of the stones often carefully worked to achieve an appearance of a coarse finish.

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Gilmar Fernandes
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Local time: 16:10
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rusticated masonry


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustication_(architecture)

Coincidentally in this article there's a picture of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence.

Rusticated masonry is usually "dressed", or squared off neatly, on all sides of the stones except the face that will be visible when the stone is put in place. This is given wide joints that emphasize the edges of each block, by angling the edges ("channel-jointed"), or dropping them back a little. The main part of the exposed face may worked flat and smooth or left or worked with a more or less rough or patterned surface. Rustication is often used to give visual weight to the ground floor in contrast to smooth ashlar above. Though intended to convey a "rustic" simplicity, the finish is highly artificial, and the faces of the stones often carefully worked to achieve an appearance of a coarse finish.

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Note added at 39 mins (2017-09-10 10:39:15 GMT)
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Let's try this link again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustication_(architecture)

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92
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agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: Mais outra referência: https://www.britannica.com/technology/rustication
18 mins
  -> Obrigado, Teresa :) O link da Wikipedia não está a funcionar aqui, mas o seu está ótimo!
agree  José Patrício: Rusticated masonry is usually "dressed", or squared off neatly, on all sides of the stones except the face that will be visible when the stone is put in place. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustication_(architecture)
56 mins
  -> Obrigado. Um bom domingo :)
agree  Oliver Simões
1 hr
  -> Obrigado. Um bom domingo :)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
  -> Obrigado. Um bom domingo :)
agree  Lais Leite
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you Pádua :)
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