A modillion is an ornate bracket, more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel. They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support. Modillions are more elaborate than dentils (literally translated as small teeth).[1] All three are selectively used as adjectival historic past participles (corbelled, modillioned, dentillated) as to what co-supports or simply adorns any high structure of a building, such as a terrace of a roof (flat area of a roof), parapet, pediment/entablature, balcony, cornice band or roof cornice. Modillions occur classically under a Corinthian or a Composite cornice, but may support any type of eaves cornice.[2] They may be carved or plain.
modillion, modillion, ornate, bracket, more, horizontal, shape, less, imposing, than, corbel, they, often, seen, underneath, cornice, which, helps, support, more, elaborate, than, dentils, literally, translated, small, teeth, three, selectively, used, adjectiv. A modillion is an ornate bracket more horizontal in shape and less imposing than a corbel They are often seen underneath a cornice which it helps to support Modillions are more elaborate than dentils literally translated as small teeth 1 All three are selectively used as adjectival historic past participles corbelled modillioned dentillated as to what co supports or simply adorns any high structure of a building such as a terrace of a roof flat area of a roof parapet pediment entablature balcony cornice band or roof cornice Modillions occur classically under a Corinthian or a Composite cornice but may support any type of eaves cornice 2 They may be carved or plain Modillions under the cornice of the Morgan Leith and Cook Building in the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District Portland OregonSee also EditGlossary of architectureGallery Edit Modillions carved with animal heads in the Abbaye Ste Foy in Conques France Trinity College in Dublin Modillion double spiral Neoclassicism from Classic Art from keystone of Campanile of Monteforte d Alpone Verona ITALY La rue Forgeur Liege Belgium Eglise de Dampierre south side of the part of choir from the 13th century A house in Hasselt Belgium References Edit Illustrated Glossary of Classical Architecture doric column com Retrieved 15 August 2016 Bradley Simon ed 2010 Pevsner s Architectural Glossary New Haven and London Yale University Press p 83 ISBN 978 0 300 16721 4 This architectural element related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Modillion amp oldid 1075807890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
