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Rustication
Also called rusticated
Masonry cut in massive blocks separated by deep joints, with faces left rough or tooled, used on the lower storeys of Renaissance palaces to suggest strength. Smooth rustication with only the joints emphasised is common in later classicism.
See also: Quoin, Piano nobile
Rules that use the word
The gate in rustic work. Build the gates of a fortress in rustication (rough, heavy blocks bound into a Tuscan or Doric order) so that the gate shows the strength of the walls it pierces.
Where it appears in the book
A feature of Mannerism architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
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