Visual Art Oct 26, 2010 at 1:50 pm

I'm Losing My Mind Trying to Think of This Architectural Term

Jen Graves
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Niche?
Cracker Jack on October 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM Report this
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I don't know anything about architecture, but I'll go for 'alcove'
raawr on October 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM Report this
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I'm thinking "alcove" as well. It's one of those words that come up a lot in D&D for some reason.
dwight moody on October 26, 2010 at 1:56 PM Report this
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pretty sure it's niche - unless there's another term even more specific to housing a small sculpture in the side of a building - niche can be pretty broadly applied though the term traces most directly to small inset in a church wall for a statue.
myr on October 26, 2010 at 1:57 PM Report this
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I call it Nietzschean Doorways.
Will in Seattle on October 26, 2010 at 1:59 PM Report this
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The hilarious thing is, neither "niche" nor "alcove" is a particularly arcane term. I JUST COULD NOT COME UP WITH EITHER ONE OF THEM TO SAVE MY LIFE. And I tried to do this last week, too. Weird hole in the side of my brain.
Jen Graves on October 26, 2010 at 2:02 PM Report this
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I think you could use either alcove or niche correctly. It was Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen but now it's Olson Kundig.
on October 26, 2010 at 2:05 PM Report this
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In churches it's called an apse.
BoyfriendoftheYear on October 26, 2010 at 2:17 PM Report this
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Are you talking about an aspe?
whiskeypony on October 26, 2010 at 2:21 PM Report this
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ha! no, you definitely aren't. maybe, though, you're talking about an apse...
whiskeypony on October 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM Report this
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Isn't an apse the entire rounded end of the church that houses the altar?
FeralTurnip on October 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM Report this
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hole
aardvark on October 26, 2010 at 2:28 PM Report this
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"Weird hole in the side of my brain."

I think you mean lacuna.

Or alcove. Or niche.
warreno on October 26, 2010 at 2:31 PM Report this
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shitchute
aardvark on October 26, 2010 at 2:37 PM Report this
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dent
boxcar on October 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM Report this
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@13 Trepanning?
treacle on October 26, 2010 at 3:00 PM Report this
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apsehole
rob! on October 26, 2010 at 3:05 PM Report this
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Hole in brain: lacuna
Hole in wall: niche
round end of a church, usually behind the altar: apse

Y'all need to do more crossword puzzles.

Jen, I'm afraid this means that within three weeks you won't be able to remember how to tie your shoes or chew. It's all over, dear.
Fnarf on October 26, 2010 at 3:11 PM Report this
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If you stick two apes in an apse do you have an apse for apes or an Apes' Aspe?

I'm feeling especially laconic about Lacunae.

Chewing is highly overrated - until you choke to death.
Will in Seattle on October 26, 2010 at 3:34 PM Report this
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"vitrine."
julia09 on October 26, 2010 at 4:16 PM Report this
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"There once was a bishop from Chichester
who made all the saints in their niches stir"
on October 26, 2010 at 4:29 PM Report this
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...it wouldn't be the first time you've lost your mind, Miss Graves
Hibrowgorilla on October 26, 2010 at 5:23 PM Report this
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@18 Do you get "sere" for dry all the time, or is that just Canada?? Mr. Canuck has a hole in his brain the size of a pencil eraser...'splains a lot...and now I know it's a lacuna, huh.
Canuck on October 26, 2010 at 6:00 PM Report this
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@23, oh, yeah, "sere" is always in there. First thing you look for, after "ait" (an island in a river) and "obi" (kimono sash).

Might be a lacuna, might just be a void. If it was larger, the size of a hand, the technical term is a "reichert".
Fnarf on October 26, 2010 at 7:33 PM Report this
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A niche is a half-assed apse.
on October 27, 2010 at 12:57 AM Report this
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Wow, Jen - you really are a moron, aren't you...?
baddabing on October 27, 2010 at 10:32 AM Report this
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@ julia09 (comment #20) - a vitrine is a cabinet. use your internet.

@ Jen - it seems as an alleged "writer", you should have a grasp of common words such as "alcove" or "niche" - or at least know how to find the big fancy words for what it is you are trying to say. But then again, it would also seem you'd know how to properly construct a sentence; it may be that none of the architects attended, but that does not mean that "nobody went".

Writers: go look at a dictionary or thesaurus. It's printed in black and white, but maybe you can get a sense of HOW A WRITER WRITES.

baddabing on October 27, 2010 at 11:10 AM Report this

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