Carnies
The karnies ( Italian cornice frieze or frame) is a decorative element in architecture . It is also known as a bell bar and has a concavo-convex (i.e. S-shaped) profile shape. The convex part is called the rod, the concave part is called the throat.
A distinction is made between the following types of carnies:
- bearing
- crowning it
- increasing
- falling
The load-bearing carnies serves as an intermediate link, while the crowning carnies serves as the upper end of a cornice . With column capitals one often finds the rising carnies at the upper end. Conversely, the falling carnies is arranged at the lower end of a column capital.
literature
- Wilfried Koch: Architectural style . Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-577-10457-0 , page 458.
Web links
Wiktionary: Karnies - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
