Fluting (architecture)
Spiral fluted columns in the Great Colonnade at Apamea in Syria
Fluting in architecture is the shallow grooves running vertically along a surface.
The term typically refers to the grooves running on a column shaft or a pilaster, but need not necessarily be restricted to those two applications. If the hollowing out of material meets in a point, the point is called an arris.
If the lower half of the hollowed-out grooves appear to have been re-filled with a cylindrical element, it may be referred to as "cabled fluting."[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Fluting." Dictionary of Architecture & Landscape Architecture. John Fleming, Hugh Honour, and Nikolaus Pevsner. 5th ed. (London: Penguin, 1999).
External links
- University of Pittsburgh - "fluting" from the Medieval Art and Architecture glossary