Caisson (arsitektur Asia)

Caisson (Hanzi: 藻井; Pinyin: zǎojǐng; harfiah: 'alga (tumbuhan berklorofil di dalam air) baik') atau disebut juga langit-langit caisson atau langit-langit jaring laba-laba,^[1] di Tiongkok arsitektur ini umumnya ditemukan pada langit-langit candi dan istana, biasanya di tengah atau tepat di atas singgasana utama, tempat duduk atau tokoh religius.^[1]^[2] Caisson umumnya berupa panel cekung yang dipasang di langit-langit,^[3] yang sebagian besar berbentuk datar. Sering juga berlapis dan didekorasi dengan mewah. Bentuk yang umum biasanya kotak, oktagon, segi enam, lingkaran atau kombinasi dari semuanya.^[4]

Referensi

^ ^a ^b "Zaojing ceiling". taiwanschoolnet.org. Diakses tanggal 2007-09-03.
^ "浅谈法海寺曼陀罗的深刻内涵 (Deep meaning of the Mandala in the Fahai Temple in Brief)" (dalam bahasa Tionghoa). Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage. April 2006. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-06-12. Diakses tanggal 2007-10-30.
^ Brees, Samuel Charles (1852). The Illustrated Glossary of Practical Architecture and Civil Engineering: Comprising the Theory and Modern Practice, with the Subjects of Office and Field Work, the Steam Engine, Mechanical Engineering, Surveying, Levelling, & Use of Instruments, Mining and Quarrying, Manufacture of Iron, Bricks, Lime & Cements, Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, and Masonry, Slating, Painting and Glazing, Building, Etc (dalam bahasa Inggris). Savill and Edwards, Printers. hlm. 87.
^ "Caisson ceiling (Zaojing)". peopledaily.com. Diakses tanggal 2007-09-03.

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[schoolnet-1] "Zaojing ceiling". taiwanschoolnet.org. Diakses tanggal 2007-09-03.

[BMACH-2] "浅谈法海寺曼陀罗的深刻内涵 (Deep meaning of the Mandala in the Fahai Temple in Brief)" (dalam bahasa Tionghoa). Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage. April 2006. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-06-12. Diakses tanggal 2007-10-30.

[3] Brees, Samuel Charles (1852). The Illustrated Glossary of Practical Architecture and Civil Engineering: Comprising the Theory and Modern Practice, with the Subjects of Office and Field Work, the Steam Engine, Mechanical Engineering, Surveying, Levelling, & Use of Instruments, Mining and Quarrying, Manufacture of Iron, Bricks, Lime & Cements, Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, and Masonry, Slating, Painting and Glazing, Building, Etc (dalam bahasa Inggris). Savill and Edwards, Printers. hlm. 87.

[people-4] "Caisson ceiling (Zaojing)". peopledaily.com. Diakses tanggal 2007-09-03.

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