Vitruvian scroll

Vitruvian scroll pattern

The Vitruvian scroll is a scroll pattern used in architectural moldings and borders in other media. It is also known as the Vitruvian wave, wave scroll, or running dog pattern. ^[1] The pattern resembles waves in water or a series of parchment scrolls viewed on end.

"Vitruvian" refers to the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ("Vitruvius"), who wrote the oldest extant book on architecture, ^[2] which describes some of the classical architectural orders.

Gallery

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  Ancient Greek Vitruvian scrolls under the lip of the Vix Krater, c.530 BC, bronze, Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, Châtillon-sur-Seine, France ^[3]
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  Ancient Greek Vitruvian scrolls on the handle of the Vix Krater
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  Etruscan Vitruvian scrolls at the top of a kantharos, 2nd half of the 4th century BC, terracotta, Louvre
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  Roman Vitruvian scrolls on a mosaic (only the bottom border survived), 2nd-4th centuries, mosaic, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
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  Roman Vitruvian scrolls on a mosaic with animals, 4th century AD, mosaic, Louvre
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  Baroque door with Vitruvian scrolls friezes of the Hôtel de Beauvais, Paris, by Antoine Lepautre, 1657-1660
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  Louis XVI style vase with a medallion, swans and Vitruvian scrolls, by Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Genest and the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, designed in 1766, produced in c.1767, soft-paste porcelain, Louvre
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  Art Deco window grill with stylized Vitruvian scrolls in Bulevardul Hristo Botev no. 26, Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, c.1930
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  Vitruvian scroll on a building of a typical style for the late 19th to early 20th-century eclectic architecture on the Balkans, combining neoclassical influences such as the Vitruvian scroll patterns often seen in classical art and architecture. Built in Popovo, Bulgaria, c. 1925

See also

• Meander (art)

References

1. "Running-dog pattern". Encyclopædia Britannica. Britannica. 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
2. Vitruvius, "The Ten Books on Architecture"
3. Papaioannou, Kostas (1975). L’art grec (in French). Mazenod. p. 173.

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