volute

Examples of volute in the following topics:

• Ceramics in the Greek Archaic Period

  • One of the most famous early Athenian black-figure pots is a large volute krater by the potter Ergotimos and the painter Kleitias, known as the François Vase.
  • Athenian black-figure volute krater.

• Architecture in the Hellenistic Period

  • The capital consists of a double layer of acanthus leaves and stylized plant tendrils that curl up towards the abacus in the shape of a scroll or volute.