Volute
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VOLUTE (Lat. volutum, volvere, to roll up), in architecture, the spiral scroll of the capital of the Ionic order.
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Other name: Helix
Architecture
In classical architecture, a spiral scroll, as on Ionic, Corinthian or Composite capitals, or on ancones, etc.
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Volute
A carved whirl or twist that takes the form of a scroll as in the capital of Ionic columns. Also called a helix, this form is found in Baroque ornament, late Renaissance and Art Nouveau.
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Volutes
Spiral scrolls. They occur on Ionic capitals. Angle volute: a pair of volutes, turned outwards to meet at the corner of a capital.Voussoirs
Wedge-shaped stones forming an arch.
volute
A spiral scroll-like ornament commonly found on Ionic, Composite or Corinthian columns. In classical architecture, the spiral ornament on a capital.
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Volute - A spiral scroll on a Ionic Capital; smaller version appear on Composite and Corinthian capitals.
Voussoir - One of the wedge-shaped stones used in constructing an arch.
Voussoir. Old College University of Edinburgh courtyard facadel.
volute - The scroll-like spiral dominating the top of an Ionic column
voussoir - A wedge-shaped stone or brick in an arch
water table - A projection of molding at the first-floor level that protects the foundation from water ...
Volute
an ornament in the form of a spiral, e.g. in the Ionic capital.
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volute In classical architecture, the spiral ornament on a capital.
voussoir One of the wedge-shaped masonry blocks out of which an arch or vault is composed. The central voussoir is the keystone.
volute: the spiral scroll on the corners of Ionic and Corinthian capitals; immediately beneath the abacus.
voussoir: a wedge-shaped stone or brick in an arch.
volute - a spiral scroll, as on Ionic (especially characteristic), Corinthian, or Composite capitals, or on consoles, etc.; a stair crook having an easement with a sprial section of stair rail.
Volute
in the Ionic order, the spiral scroll motif decorating the capital.
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Volute
A spiral or twisted formation or object. In architecture this spiral ornament is found especially on the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and composite orders.
Volute - Spiral, scrolling form. The basis for the Ionic order consoles or brackets are often based on a volute.
Voussoirs - Trapezoidal shaped blocks of an arch, laid in compression, culminating in the keystone.
volute - A handrail for the bullnose step that is shaped like a spiral. Volutes may be right or lefthanded depending on which side of the stairs they occur when facing up the stairs.
Volute
- a spiral scroll, found on the capital of the ionic order. The centre is often referred to as the "eye".
See Classical Architecture.
Volute
a spiral scroll used on Ionic and Corinthian capitals.
Westwork
In German Romanesque, a monumental entrance to a church consisting of towers, with a chapel above.
Volutes
A spriral form which is a distinctive element of the capital of Ionic columns.
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volute A carved spiral form in classical architecture; often used in pairs as in the capitals of Ionic columns.
voussoir A wedge-shaped component of an arch.
wrought iron Iron that is worked by being forged or hammered.
At the comers of the capital there are small volutes; Elaborately foliated capital. Cornice: Decorative projection along the top of a wall. Counterguard: A long, near-triangular freestanding fortification within the moat.
DRUM: a vertical wall supporting a dome; it may be circular, square, or polygonal EAVES: the underpart of an overhanging cornice or sloping roof ENGAGED COLUMN: a column attached to, or partly sunk into, a wall or pier EYE: the center of a volute ...
Composite Order A Roman order; its capital combines the Corinthian acanthus leaf decoration with volutes from the Ionic Order.
The Ionic column is widely known for the pair of volutes (spiral looking horns, like those commonly seen on a ram) on either side of the capital.
Ionic columns have a capital with two spirals, called volutes, and relatively slender shafts.
The Rectangular Temple on the right is Ionic in style (capitals with characteristic volutes) and is built of tufa and travertine with a superficial coating of stucco( bonding material). It stands on a lofty podium in the Republican manner.
It refers to the land itself and to the buildings upon it. voluteVolute derives from the Latin voluta=scroll, and is is used for the scroll decoration in the classical Orders of European architecture.
Ionic Order -- A classical order characterized by a capital with spiral scrolls, called volutes.
Lattice -- An openwork grill of interlacing wood strips used as screening.
Lintel -- A horizontal beam or stone bridging an opening.
Ionic (second) Ionic columns are usually slender, with fluted shafts, and prominent volutes on the capital.
Ionic capital: A capital used originally by the Greeks in a system of supports called the Ionic order. An Ionic capital has a volute, or a spiral scroll-like carving, on each side as its major decoration.
Composite order. An order of Roman architecture characterized by a capital - much used in triumphal arches - consisting of acanthus leaves and large volutes. It is a combination of elements of both the Ionic and the Corinthian orders.
An order of architecture, often called the 'feminine' order. Capitals have curly spirals at the corners called volutes.
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Composite Capital (order) - An order consisting of a hybrid of Corinthian and Ionic elements, normally with the acanthus motifs of the Corinthian order surmounted by Ionic volutes at the corners.
(A Barrel Vault was round rather than pointed in the Gothic style.)
Vice - spiral stair.
Vitrified - material reduced to glass by extreme heat.
Volute - spiral scroll at angle of a capital.
Voussoir - wedge-shaped stones in arch.
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An Ionic capital has a volute, or a spiral scroll-like carving, on each side as its major decoration.
Though each order has its own conventions (3), there are many minor variations. The Composite capital combines Ionic volutes with Corinthian foliage.
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, ...
Volumetric - Relating to the three dimensional qualities of a space.
Volute - Spiral scroll carved on the capital of an Ionic column.
Voussoir - Wedge-shaped block, one of a number used to form an arch.
The three types of columns normally seen on greek revival house plans are the Doric (which has plain capitals), the Ionic (which has scroll-like spiral called volutes), and the corinthian (which has decorative leaves).
 See also: Architecture, Capital, Ionic, House, Scroll
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