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Definition of Ovolos
1. ovolo [n] - See also: ovolo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovolos
Literary usage of Ovolos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible Lands, in 1850 by Edouard de Warren (1854)
"... but of an eccentric model; for instance, the volutes, of small proportions,
are separated by two large ovolos, and between the volutes and the adjacent ..."
2. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"... inward or outward, ovolos flutings, small plinths, and narrow beads—frequently
occur Here, too, there is perfect freedom of combination. ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... proper from the fillet or soffit It is much used between moldings in Gothic
architecture; in Grecian, and sometimes in Roman, architecture ovolos and ..."
4. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"... as if the tool had just been withdrawn. The rings left between the grooves
are in some instances worked into ovolos and astragals. ..."
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