From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #5096 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, October 9 2020 Volume 14 : Number 5096 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Truly immersive astrological experience. ["Personalized Moon Reading" Subject: Truly immersive astrological experience. Truly immersive astrological experience. http://moonreading.icu/OeDHZkOty-YkIIuJzdZLkqNpxm0cSYk_DlLHS-acrE-MK5nP http://moonreading.icu/C-aa7k-RWlmXGHGA8x2zImgpcR3lg5IjKJ_AVKtIA2W3mst4 uscan order columns. luting is always applied exclusively to the shaft of the column, and may run either the entire shaft length from the base to the capital, or only on the upper two thirds of the column shaft. The latter application is used to complement the entasis of the column, which begins one third of the way up from the bottom of the shaft. Fluting might be applied to freestanding, structural columns, as well as engaged columns and decorative pilasters. Cabled fluting If the lower third of the hollowed-out grooves appear to have been re-filled with a cylindrical element, it may be referred to as "cabled fluting". This decorative element is not used in Doric order columns. Cabled fluting may have been used to prevent wear and damage to the sharp edges of the flutes along the bottom part of the columnluting promotes a play of light on a column which helps the column appear more perfectly round than a smooth column. As a strong vertical element it also has the visual effect of minimizing any horizontal joints. Greek architects viewed rhythm as an important design element. As such, fluting was often used on buildings and temples to increase the sense of rhythm. It may also be incorporated in columns to make them look thinner, lighter, and more elegant. There is debate as to whether fluting was originally used in imitation of ancient woodworking practices, mimicking adze marks on wooden columns made from tree trunks, or whether it was designed to imitate plant forms. Either way, it was not invented by the Greeks of the classical period who popularized it, but rather passed down or learned from the Mycenaeans or the Egyptians. Applications Fluted columns styled under the Doric order of architecture have 20 flutes. Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite columns traditionally have 24. Fluting is never used on T ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #5096 **********************************************