A fleuron is a flower-shaped ornament,[1] and in architecture may have a number of meanings:
- It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof, such as a crop, finial or épi.
- It is also a form of stylised Late Gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings.
- It can be the ornament in the middle of each concave face of a Corinthian abacus.
- Finally, it can be a form of anthemion, the decorative Greek floral decoration.[2]
Gallery
Fleuron at Brussels Town Hall, Belgium
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Fleuron is the uppermost flower decoration in the center of a Corinthian capital
Fleuron in a cornice molding
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Fleuron above a doorway
See also
References
- ↑ "Fleuron" Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009
- ↑ Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 880 pages. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
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