He entertained us with wit and whisky on his balcony, a literary Tiberius metaphorically tossing politicians, critics, and a good deal of contemporary literature over the balustrade and into the abyss.
In the lull before the president's arrival, grandees of the Senate displayed themselves at a balustrade next to his still-empty lectern.
He is sitting in the office of his broker, Amit Bhayana, who hangs his shingle from a crumbling balustrade overlooking Chandni Chowk, one of the city's busiest markets.
This is the reason for the large number of bells (ghantamala) suspended on lattices on the handrail of the balustrade (vedika) around the stupas of ancient India.
The horizontal surface of a step is called its tread and the vertical front its riser; steps are placed between strings that are inclined to the angle of the staircase; strings are supported by newel posts that also support the handrail, forming a balustrade.
Balcony, external extension of an upper floor of a building, enclosed up to a height of about three feet (one metre) by a solid or pierced screen, by balusters (see also balustrade), or by railings.
Directly above the centre of the room is a painted oculus, or circular opening to the sky, with putti (nude, chubby child figures) and women around a balustrade in dramatically foreshortened perspective.
This work, and others that belong to the last years of the century, such as the frieze from the balustrade of the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis at Athens, give a clear indication of progress and change in sculptural style.
In the 13th century Pope Clement IV installed an iron balustrade and in the 16th century Pope Clement VII placed statues of Saints Peter and Paul at the end of the bridge.
By the end of the century, in the Nike balustrade, it is shown pressed tight against the body revealing the forms of the limbs and torso clearly beneath, with brittle, dramatic folds standing clear of the surface.
In the partnership, Donatello contributed only the sculptural centre for the fine bronze effigy on the tomb of the schismatic antipope John XXIII in the Baptistery; the relief of the Assumption of the Virgin on the Brancacci tomb in Sant'Angelo a Nilo, Naples; and the balustrade reliefs of dancing angels on the outdoor pulpit of the Prato Cathedral (1433 38).
