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The volute in architecture and architectural decoration with particular reference to its introduction into the Ionic order (1918)
Newcomb, Rexford, 1886-1968 · leaf 100
will be noted in theSancta Sophia capital ^Fig. 48.;, theSt. Peter, Northampton, capital (Fig. 49.,capital from the Muse© d Aries vFig. 50.;, a Gothic ver-the cubical block type. Fig. 31 VI. THE VOLUTE IN OTHER STRUCTURAL FORMS. Aside from these considerations of the use of the voluteupon ths… … volute as a motif,may be mentioned consoles, modillions andtransitional brackets. The employment of the volute as a motif for supportingmembers hinges upon its ability to make a graceful transitionfrom the vertical to the horizontal and vice versa. In thisconnection the spiral motif is usually a…Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Columns, Ionic · Capitals (Architecture), Ionic · Theses
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