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Words related to volutes

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  • ionic

    Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).

  • aeolic

    of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect

  • balteus

    (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.

  • echinus

    any sea urchin of the genus Echinus.

  • pulvinar

    a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
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