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Fluting - Shallow, concave grooves running vertically on the shaft of a column, pilaster, or other surface; they may meet in an arris or be separated by fillet.
FLUTING Fluting is a decorative finish for wooden columns or trim where parallel grooves are carved vertically along the surface.
FLUTING Ornament composed of a series of parallel concave mouldings, often found on column shafts.
Fluting - Narrow vertical grooves on shafts of columns and pilasters.
fluting: shallow rounded grooves, commonly applied vertically to a shaft or column.
flying buttress: a buttress containing a half-arch leaning against a wall.
frater: monastic refectory or dining hall.
Fluting
Decoration formed by making parallel, concave grooves. In classical architecture they are commonly seen on column shafts and run in a vertical direction.
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Fluting - The vertical grooves of a column shaft.
Foliage (c/f scrolling foliage) - Leaf-like ornament, usually Medieval.
Flutes, fluting
a series of vertical grooves used to decorate the shafts of columns in Classical architecture.
Flying buttress, or flyer ...
Fluting / Channelling
- a series of shallow concave grooves, vertical on the shaft of a column. Sometimes referred to rather simplistically as "channelling".
See classical architecture.
Fluting : Carved vertical groove work found on Piers, Columns and Pillars.
Foils : A small arc design used in Tracery, often utilized within Rose Windows.
Grisaille : A stained glass window incorporating muted tones as opposed to bright colors.
Fluting: Carved grooves sculpted into piers, columns and pillars.
Gargoyles: In Architectural terms only the hideous carved creature serving as actual water spout is called a Gargoyle. ...
Flute or Fluting
Originally from Greek columns (600 - 400 B.C.), these are hollows or channels cut vertically in the shafts of columns or pilasters. The upper surface can be sharp edged or finished with a radius.
FLUTE or FLUTING
Vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross section and used principally on columns and pilasters.
Flute / Fluted / Fluting
Grooves or channels which are roughly semi-circular in cross-section. They are found repeated vertically in columns and pilasters, and are also used in frames and other mouldings.
ENGAGED COLUMN: a column attached to, or partly sunk into, a wall or pier EYE: the center of a volute FACADE: the front of face or a building, emphasized architecturally FINIAL: a formal ornament at the top of a canopy, gable, or pinnacle FLUTING: ...
The design of the Qutb Minar and in particular the fluting have clear antecedents and parallels in Afghan architecture; ...
1920s, with Italianate windows and tile roof, with a hint of art deco in the vertical fluting on the ends.
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It separates larger curved mouldings in classical cornices, fluting or bases.FinialTopmost ornamental feature, e.g. above a spire, gable or cupola.FlamboyantThe latest phase of French Gothic architecture, with flowing tracery.
Fluting - concave mouldings in parallel.
Foliated - carved with leaves.
Footings - bottom part of wall.
Forebuilding - an extension to the keep, guarding it's entrance.
The shaft is often decorated with vertical hollows of fluting. Architectural columns are most often wider at the bottom than at the top, because of an entasis, beginning a third of the way up. This makes the column slightly more slender at the top.
The shaft is sometimes articulated with vertical hollow grooves or fluting. The shaft is wider at the bottom than at the top, because its entasis, beginning a third of the way up, imperceptibly makes the column slightly more slender at the top.
The Ionic order originated in the cities on the islands and coasts of Asia Minor, which were more exposed to Asian and Egyptian influences; it featured capitals with spiral volutes, a more slender shaft with quite different fluting, ...
 See also: Architecture, Classical, Shaft, House, Ornament
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