Ovolo
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title:
Ovolo
text:
Ovolo is an Italian word that mean "little egg".The ovolo or echinus is a convex decorative molding profile used in architectural ornamentation. Its profile is a quarter to a half of a more or less flattened circle. 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 archite
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description:
Convex molding in classical architecture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovolo
date created:
2005-11-05T06:14:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T00:00:35Z
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