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Ovolo (or ovulo) in architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, is a convex molding
Molding (decorative)

Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration....
 known also as the echinus, which in Classical architecture
Classical architecture

Classical architecture is the set of building styles and techniques of Classical Greece, as used in ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman empire....
 was invariably carved
Wood carving

Wood carving is a form of Woodworking by means of a cutting tool held in the hand , resulting in a wooden figure or figurine or in the sculpture ornamentation of a wooden object....
 with the egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart

Egg-and-dart is an Ornament device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart....
 ornament. The molding is called a quarter-round by woodworkers. Not to be confounded with the "echinus" of the Dorian capital, as this was of a more varied form and of much larger dimensions than the ovolo, which was only a subordinate molding.






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Molding Ovulo
Ovolo (or ovulo) in architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, is a convex molding
Molding (decorative)

Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration....
 known also as the echinus, which in Classical architecture
Classical architecture

Classical architecture is the set of building styles and techniques of Classical Greece, as used in ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman empire....
 was invariably carved
Wood carving

Wood carving is a form of Woodworking by means of a cutting tool held in the hand , resulting in a wooden figure or figurine or in the sculpture ornamentation of a wooden object....
 with the egg-and-dart
Egg-and-dart

Egg-and-dart is an Ornament device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart....
 ornament. The molding is called a quarter-round by woodworkers. Not to be confounded with the "echinus" of the Dorian capital, as this was of a more varied form and of much larger dimensions than the ovolo, which was only a subordinate molding.

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  • Molding (decorative)
    Molding (decorative)

    Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration....