Plinth
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A plinth is the base of a cabinet in cabinet making.
In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests.[1] Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture (1851) posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. According to Semper, the plinth exists to negotiate between a structure and the ground. Semper's theory has been very influential in the subsequent development of architecture.[2]
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- ^ Poppeliers, John C. (1983). What Style is it?. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 104. ISBN 0471144347.
- ^ Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673-1968 (Cambridge, 2005). ISBN 0521793068
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