Avant-corps

An avant-corps (Italian: avancorpo or risalto, plural risalti, German: Risalit, Polish: ryzalit), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the corps de logis, often taller than other parts of the building.^[1]^[2] It is common in façades in French Baroque architecture.

Particularly in German architecture, a corner Risalit is where two wings meet at right angles. Baroque three-winged constructions often incorporate a median Risalit in a main hall or a stairwell, such as in Weißenstein Palace and the Roßleben Convent School [de].

Terms[edit]

By position to the building[edit]

A central avant-corps stands in the middle of the facade.

A side projection is positioned off-centre.

Two wings (usually) running at right angles to each other flow into a corner avant-corps.

By function[edit]

Entrance risalit in which the entrance is located.

Torrisalit, in which a gate or a gate passage is located.

Terms from the environment[edit]

The reserve is the facade of the main alignment line of the building, which is receding compared to the front of the risalit. It is also known as Arrierecorps (Arrière-corps, French arrière corps: "behind the structure").

The frontispiece is the gable triangle above a central risalit.^[3]

Sources[edit]

Much of the text of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article retrieved on 18 March 2006.

^ Gérard Fontaine, Charles Garnier's Opéra (Paris, 2000), p. 88.
^ Curl, James Stevens (2006). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 52. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
^ Koch, Wilfried (1994). Baustilkunde das grosse Standardwerk zur europäischen Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Sonderausg., erw. und völlig neubearb ed.). München. ISBN 978-3-572-00689-2. OCLC 165213550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Gérard Fontaine, Charles Garnier's Opéra (Paris, 2000), p. 88.

[2] Curl, James Stevens (2006). Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 2nd ed., OUP, Oxford and New York, p. 52. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.

[3] Koch, Wilfried (1994). Baustilkunde das grosse Standardwerk zur europäischen Baukunst von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Sonderausg., erw. und völlig neubearb ed.). München. ISBN 978-3-572-00689-2. OCLC 165213550.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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