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Fluted columns
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John Leeke <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:03:37 -0400
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Eric:

> My son is writing a paper on Brunelleschi (Renaissance architect) and wants to know what the little outward bump is called within the valley of the flute at the lower portion of some fluted columns. I know it adds proportion and rustication, but can anyone tell me what these things are called?

I call that a "reed", the Romans and Greeks before them were using this 
detail in column motifs well before Brunelleschi. It imitates a reed 
that grows in the swamp, which were used in bundles as building posts.

http://historichomeworks.com/hhw/columns/columns.htm

John
www.HistoricHomeWorks.com

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