volutes Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/volutes-en/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:05:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png volutes Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/volutes-en/ 32 32 Volutes on the Gables of Lviv: From Renaissance to Art Deco https://forgottengalicia.com/volutes-on-the-gables-of-lviv-from-renaissance-to-art-deco/ https://forgottengalicia.com/volutes-on-the-gables-of-lviv-from-renaissance-to-art-deco/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:49:41 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=7565 The Volute in Architecture The volute is the spiral, scroll-like ornament found in the capital of the Ionic column, and which was later used in Corinthian and Composite column capitals. Deriving from the Latin word voluta (“scroll”), the ornament has many possible origins including the curve of the ram’s horns, […]

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