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Art/Literary - Architecture / Greek decorative motif | | French term or phrase: canaux | This is the name of a Greek decorative motif. There isn't much context. The phrase is simply:
canaux, ou courtes cannelures au fond desquelles apparaissent des feuilles aiguës
I have a picture, which, unfortunately I don't know how to attach directly to my question. However, I'd be very happy to send it to anyone who wants to see it by e-mail.
Many thanks for your help |
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| | flutes or fluting | Explanation:
Armed with a .jpg of the thing which Carol kindly sent me, I can safely say that what we are dealing with here is a sort of "fluting."
FLUTE: 4. A channel or furrow in a pillar, resembling the half of a flute split longitudinally, with the concave side outwards.
5. A similar groove or channel in any material.
--OED
Though, yes, this kind of decoration was "invented" by the Greeks --most often seen on columns:
http://www.plinthandchintz.com/mambo/images/stories/DesignSp...
as it specifically is used here in the illustration in Carol's book, it is applied to the socle(s) below medieval statue columns, as seen here on the Chartres Royal Portal (c. 1145):
http://www.oberlin.edu/images/004S.JPG
As Kashew suggests (perhaps having seen the same illustration I have) the fluting occasionally terminates in some kind of floral motif, and could, thus, be termed "floral fluting" --though this is rather rare in medieval sculptural examples. (I should note that the illustration which Cashew gives the URL for is quite devoid of any "fluting.")
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I would, btw, describe the Chartres portals as having "fluted socles." |
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Explanation:
Armed with a .jpg of the thing which Carol kindly sent me, I can safely say that what we are dealing with here is a sort of "fluting."
FLUTE: 4. A channel or furrow in a pillar, resembling the half of a flute split longitudinally, with the concave side outwards.
5. A similar groove or channel in any material.
--OED
Though, yes, this kind of decoration was "invented" by the Greeks --most often seen on columns:
http://www.plinthandchintz.com/mambo/images/stories/DesignSp...
as it specifically is used here in the illustration in Carol's book, it is applied to the socle(s) below medieval statue columns, as seen here on the Chartres Royal Portal (c. 1145):
http://www.oberlin.edu/images/004S.JPG
As Kashew suggests (perhaps having seen the same illustration I have) the fluting occasionally terminates in some kind of floral motif, and could, thus, be termed "floral fluting" --though this is rather rare in medieval sculptural examples. (I should note that the illustration which Cashew gives the URL for is quite devoid of any "fluting.")
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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2011-08-23 14:21:10 GMT)
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I would, btw, describe the Chartres portals as having "fluted socles."
Reference: http://www.oberlin.edu/images/004S.JPG
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