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ID: 300007021 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300007021			Record Type: concept

obelisks (monumental pillars) (monumental pillars, <monuments by form>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

Note: Tall, slender, four-sided, usually monolithic stone shafts which taper upward and end in a pyramidal tip.

Terms:

obelisks (monumental pillars) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)

obelisk (monumental pillar) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)

obelisk (monumental pillar) (Dutch,AD,U,U)

guglias (monumental pillars) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

方尖碑 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)

方尖石塔 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)

fāng jiān bēi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)

fang jian bei (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

fang chien pei (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)

obelisken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

gedenknaalden (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)

obélisque (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)

obeliscos (pilar monumental) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)

obelisco (pilar monumental) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

obelo (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Objects Facet

.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)

........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)

............ single built works (built environment) (G)

................ <single built works by specific type> (G)

.................... <single built works by function> (G)

........................ monuments (G)

............................ <monuments by form> (G)

................................ monumental pillars (G)

.................................... obelisks (monumental pillars) (G)

Additional Notes:

Chinese (traditional) ..... 高聳、細長、底部平面為四方形，且通常以巨石構成柱身的長柱，此柱愈往上愈尖細，最後於頂部形成角錐狀尖端。

Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor hoge, slanke, vierkantige, meestal monolithische stenen schachten die toelopen naar boven en eindigen in een piramidevormige punt.

Spanish ..... Eje de piedra generalmente monolítico, alto, esbelto, de cuatro caras, que se adelgaza hacia arriba y que termina en una punta piramidal.

Related concepts:

meaning/usage overlaps with ....	guglias (forms)
..................................................	(<single built works by form: massing or shape>, <single built works by form>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300265640]

Sources and Contributors:

方尖碑............	[AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........	世界建築經典圖鑑
...........	台灣古建築圖解事典
...........	建築學英漢辭典

方尖石塔............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
...........	大英視覺藝術百科全書
...........	藝術名詞與技法辭典

fang chien pei............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................	TELDAP database (2009-)

fang jian bei............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
..........................	TELDAP database (2009-)

fāng jiān bēi............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
..........................	TELDAP database (2009-)

gedenknaalden............	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
..........................	AAT-Ned (1994-)

guglias (monumental pillars)............	[VP]
...............................................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901)
...............................................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)

obelisco (pilar monumental)............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
...............................................	Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 447
...............................................	Koch, Baustilkunde (1991) 437 - 474
...............................................	Toman, El Barroco. Arquitectura, escultura, pintura (1997) 485

obeliscos (pilar monumental)............	[CDBP-SNPC]
...............................................	Comité, Plural del término en singular

obelisk (monumental pillar)............	[AASLH Preferred, CHIN / RCIP Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
...............................................	AASLH data (2016-)
...............................................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
...............................................	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988)
...............................................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
...............................................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/527; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
...............................................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 527

obelisken............	[RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................	AAT-Ned (1994-)

obelisks (monumental pillars)............	[GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
..................................................	AATA database (2002-) 126714 checked 26 January 2012
..................................................	Avery Index (1963-)
..................................................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
..................................................	Copplestone, ed., World Architecture (1966) GLOS
..................................................	Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
..................................................	Harris, Historic Architecture Sourcebook (1977)
..................................................	Kostof, Castillo, and Tobias, History of Architecture (1995) GLOS
..................................................	Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
..................................................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
..................................................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
..................................................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
..................................................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976)

obélisque............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP]
....................	AASLH data (2016-)
....................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
....................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/527; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
....................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 527

obelo............	[CDBP-SNPC]
..............	Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 447


Subject: .....	[AASLH, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............	AASLH data (2016-)
............	AAT-Ned (1994-)
............	AATA database (2002-) 126714 checked 26 January 2012
............	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) Monument
............	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/527; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
............	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
............	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) Monuments and memorials: obelisks
............	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Egyptian obelisks


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional)	..........	[AS-Academia Sinica]
	..........	TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch	..........	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish	..........	[CDBP-SNPC]
	..........	TAA database (2000-)

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