Modillions (blocklike brackets)
See also Ancient Greek Architecture - for example fom Greece
Illustration: Birge House ...
Modillions (consoles): the brackets supporting the projecting part of a Corinthian cornice
Patera: a shallow libation bowl, a badge of the pontifices of Rome and a common decorative motif in religious contexts ...
modillions - Ornamental blocks or brackets used to support the corona in the Corinthian orders
molding (moulding) - A decorative band used to obscure the joints where two surfaces meet.
MODILLIONS
Consoles along the underside of a Corinthian or Composite cornice. Often used along an eaves cornice.
MOSAIC
A picture or decorative design made by setting small coloured pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.
MODILLIONS Small brackets or consoles along the underside of a Corinthian or Composite cornice. Often also used on an eaves cornice. Wood or stone given these brackets is called MODILLIONED .
Slight eave overhang, boxed with modillions, dentils, or other classical moldings
round fanlight or elliptical fanlight with sidelights at doors
six- or eight- panel door
Pilasters to sides of doors (may have pediment) ...
deeply sunk panels with modillions round, and bands enriched with foliage, fruit, &c., in bold relief.
From the iron cresting at the top through the paired brackets or modillions on the cornices right down to the keystones and quoining, this building is beautifully crafted and very well maintained.
Gananoque Ontario
Woodstock ...
Rectangularly shaped modillions.
Mouldings
A variety of decortive strips. Mouldings come in a variety of shapes and forms.
modillion - Greek classical feature of large rectangular shapes closely placed beneath the cornice, that are similar to a bracket in use, although modillions are purely ornamental as they formalize the look of beams protruding from beneath the ...
a mantleshelf for displaying decorative items Masonry Originally construction by a mason in stone, but expanded to include brick, concrete block and fibro Mitre A diagonal joint formed by 2 pieces of timber meeting at an angle Modillions ...
The capital has acanthus leaf decoration, which legend bases on a hanging basket. The columns are usually ten diameters in height. The entablature is heavily decorated, with a particularly deep cornice, usually supported on modillions.
The Modern Movement is a narrower term, used in Britain for the rigorous Modernist architecture of the period c. 1930-55, after which it becomes hard to distinguish from ordinary building in non-traditional styles.Modillions ...
 See also: Modillion, Architecture, House, Cornice, Classical
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