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Definition of Cavetto
1. Noun. A concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section.
Definition of Cavetto
1. n. A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.
Definition of Cavetto
1. a concave molding [n -TOS or -TI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavetto
Literary usage of Cavetto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"In the cavetto is a leaf-and-flower diaper in luster, with blue circles around
central boss and edge of cavetto. ..."
2. Principles of Architecture: Comprising Fundamental Rules of the Art, with by Peter Nicholson (1848)
"To describe a cavetto, having the extremes of the curve. The cavetto is described
in the same manner, but on the opposite side. FIG. 4. ..."
3. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"The most complete extant example of cavetto tile is a rectangular piece (ace.
no. 35.1.22) from the upper half of the cornice, 9 cm. high and from 5 to 6 ..."
4. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"Egyptian cavetto of temple at Edfou. foreign architecture, we should look for
the source in another direction. The architectures of Egypt and Greece have ..."
5. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"Putting the problem and its solutions into different terms, the choice ofa great
and expanding cavetto for the base enabled a visual balance for a necessary ..."
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