Fig. 67.—The ovolo or echinus from the Erechtheum, enriched.
Fig. 68.—The cavetto moulding. Fig. 69.—The cyma recta.
In the best periods of ancient art it was the invariable custom to adopt a form nearly like the profile or section of the moulding, and to double it for the basis of its decoration, and nothing could produce a more pleasing and artistic result, for then the moulding never lost its character, however elaborately it might be enriched. The diagrams from Figs. 67 to 78 will help to illustrate this: for instance, at [Fig. 67] we have the Greek ovolo, ornamented with eggs, called
Fig. 70.—The Greek ogee with water leaf ornament.
by the Greeks “turnip stones,” which resemble the section of the moulding doubled; at 70 and 73 the Greek ogee is shown with the water leaf ornament