volutes

To illustrate: The Ionic has, as one feature, two scroll-like ornaments, called volutes, and it has more moldings and is much more slender than the Doric.

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I also would just stand there, staring at those stone coils -- called volutes, I believe -- of the Ionic capitols.

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The Corinthian order is also very feminine in nature, characterised primarily by its ornate capitals, which sport two rows of sculpted acanthus leaves with small volutes spiral scrolls in the corners.

Renaissance architecture: how to identify the Roman orders 2011

Features include a "double-height arcade faced with marble, elaborate terra cotta ornamentation on the third story," and "a deep, copper mansard roof with richly ornamented dormers with broken pediments, volutes and cartouches of terra cotta," and an "exuberant Renaissance Revival style [that] complements the dramatic atmosphere of the theater district," according to the Community Board.

Paramount Hotel, La MaMa Theater and Two Townhouses Landmarked 2009

Features include a "double-height arcade faced with marble, elaborate terra cotta ornamentation on the third story," and "a deep, copper mansard roof with richly ornamented dormers with broken pediments, volutes and cartouches of terra cotta," and an "exuberant Renaissance Revival style [that] complements the dramatic atmosphere of the theater district," according to the Community Board.

Paramount Hotel, La MaMa Theater and Two Townhouses Landmarked 2009

But it has been a long trip from monkeys swinging in golden volutes on the walls of the Salon des Singes in 18th-century Paris to the curves that challenge convention today.

The Lure of the Curve 2008

Are there any volutes and acanthus leave carvings?

Negative space. Ann Althouse 2007

The majestic port-cochere, complete with Corinthian Doric? columns, pediment, volutes etc...

Let's take a closer look at that... Ann Althouse 2007

In addition to the alternating peaked and rounded pediments above the windows, and the volutes rolling out of the eaves beneath the canopy of slate rooftop, a new front door, made of a solid block of maple ringed in steel, and surveillance cameras revealed the present day.

The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

The volutes, and those other curliques, and whatnot.....

Negative space. Ann Althouse 2007