Ovolo
Ovolo is an
The 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica says:
adapted from Ital. uovolo, diminutive of uovo, an egg; other foreign equivalents are Fr. ove, échine, quart de rond; Lat. echinus... [as used] in architecture, [for] a convex moulding known also as the echinus, which in Classic architecture was invariably carved with the egg and tongue. In Roman and Italian work the moulding is called by workmen a quarter round.[2]
The "egg and tongue" referred to, also known as egg-and-dart, egg-and-anchor, or egg-and-star, refers to alternating egg and V-shapes enriching the surface of the concave ovolo in many early cases.[3]: 116
The description of ovolo as the fundamental convex quarter-round element underlying or being combined with other elements to compose
The fundamental element of ornamental, architectural molding that is concave (rather than convex like the ovolo) is found in
The Britannica article goes on to note that the echinus synonym of ovolo should "not be confounded with the echinus of the Greek Doric capital", which is "of a more varied form and of much larger dimensions than the ovolo, which was only a subordinate moulding."[2]
See also
References
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- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ovolo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 391. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ ISBN 0-394-50931-5. Retrieved January 9, 2020.)
cavetto moulding or hollow chamfering (Latin, cavare, to hollow). One of the principal forms of moulding, a concave version of the ovolo moulding, usually a quarter of a circle in section. [p. 73] / cyma recta (Latin, cyma, wave). Important compound moulding, combining the ovolo and cavetto with the convex moulding below. In section the moulding is a double curve, concave above, convex below. Also known as ogee moulding. cyma reversa... [presenting concave below, convex above, p. 97] / ovolo. Convex moulding (usually a quarter of a circle in section), often enriched with egg and dart or similar ornament. [p. 222]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Shoe, Lucy T. (1936) Profiles of Greek Mouldings,[full citation needed] and Shoe, Lucy T. (1950) "Greek Mouldings of Kos and Rhodes", Hesperia 19(4, Oct-Dec):338-369.
- ^ Regan, Raina (February 21, 2012). "Building Language: Egg-and-dart". Historic Indianapolis. historicindianapolis.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Furniture | Ovolo Architectural Design". Retrieved 2022-08-09.