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Fluting (architecture)
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Fluting in architecture and the decorative arts consists of shallow grooves running along a surface. The term typically refers to the curved grooves running vertically on a column shaft or a pilaster,
Concave fluting on Doric order columns; Northington Grange, a Greek Revival building of 1804–1817
Concave fluting on Doric order columns; Northington Grange, a Greek Revival building of 1804–1817
St Peter's Basilica, Rome, with cable-fluted pilasters and fluted columns
St Peter's Basilica, Rome, with cable-fluted pilasters and fluted columns
Very untypical spiral fluted columns in the Great Colonnade at Apamea in Syria
Very untypical spiral fluted columns in the Great Colonnade at Apamea in Syria
Convex-fluted engaged columns at Djoser's funerary complex in Saqqara, Egypt. Before 2600 BC.
Convex-fluted engaged columns at Djoser's funerary complex in Saqqara, Egypt. Before 2600 BC.
Pilaster
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In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a
Fluting (architecture)
…consists of shallow grooves running along a surface. The term typically refers to the curved grooves (flutes) running vertically on a column shaft or a pilaster, but is not restricted to those two applications. If the scoops taken out of the material meet in a sharp ridge, the ridge is called an arris. If the…
Two decorative Corinthian pilasters in the Church of Saint-Sulpice (Paris)
Two decorative Corinthian pilasters in the Church of Saint-Sulpice (Paris)
Two fragments of French pilasters, made of oak, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York City)
Two fragments of French pilasters, made of oak, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York City)
Illustrations of Ionic pilasters with festoons on their capitals, from Germany, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrations of Ionic pilasters with festoons on their capitals, from Germany, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrations of Corinthian pilasters, from Germany, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrations of Corinthian pilasters, from Germany, in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum