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Record 1 1985-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

in a Doric frieze, a slightly projecting, rectangular block occurring at regular intervals and having two vertical grooves (glyphs) and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ornement en relief qui sépare les métopes dans la frise dorique et qui se compose de deux canaux entiers (glyphes) et de deux demi-canaux (donc trois glyphes). Les cannelures sont à section triangulaire ou circulaire, l'intervalle entre les canaux est le listel. Cet ornement a été utilisé dans le mobilier aux époques où celui-ci copie l'architecture (Renaissance-Louis XVI).

Spanish

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