Round bar
A round bar is a profiled decorative element with a convex cross-section, which is often used as a limiting or framing corner profile for building edges or other building elements, but is also used in other decorative contexts and is addressed as such.
history
Egyptian architecture
In ancient Egyptian architecture, the round rod first appeared in the Djoser district around 2650 BC. Chr. On. This implementation in monumental stone construction is derived from the edge protection, consisting of bundles of reeds or rather corner posts, of earlier brick or wooden mat constructions (see construction techniques in ancient Egypt ).
Ancient architecture
Round bars also occur in ancient architecture in Greece and Rome , but also in other decorative contexts.
Persia and India
In the ancient architecture of Persia and the Buddhist and Hindu architecture of India, however, they are extremely rare. In Mughal architecture , they are usually twisted like a rope.
Medieval architecture
Round bars experience their heyday in the Romanesque and Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages - they are often found in a framing function on portal and window walls and in an accompanying function of pillars, pilaster strips or services . In the later brick construction , coves and round bars were created using special shaped bricks. Thus, it is a matter of returning the stone model to its original form.
See also
literature
- Seemanns Lexikon der Kunst , Leipzig 2004
Individual evidence
- ^ Dieter Arnold: Lexicon of Egyptian architecture. Artemis, Zurich, 1994, p. 108.