- is at the top, it is
called a
Cyma reversa (See
diagram at Ogee.) When
crowning moulding at the
entablature is of the
cyma form, it is
called a cymatium...
- ends. The
cyma reversa form
occurs in antiquity. For example, in
ancient Persia, the Tomb of
Cyrus featured the
cyma reversa. The
cyma reversa is also evident...
-
cornice in the
classical order, is made of the s-shaped
cyma molding (either
cyma recta or
cyma reversa),
combining a
concave cavetto with a
convex ovolo....
- with the
concave cavetto below and the
convex ovolo above is
termed cyma reversa.: 97 In
modern residential applications, the
ovolo profile is often...
- divided, from
bottom to top, into the
cyma reversa, the dentils, the ovolo, the modillions, the fascia, and the
cyma recta. The
modillions are
ornate brackets...
-
depending on
which curve is uppermost: in the
cyma recta the
cavetto is on top, in the
cyma reversa the ovolo. A
cavetto alone was
sometimes emplo****...
- with a
reduced fascia between the
echinus and
volutes and
without a
cyma reversa profile for the echinus:
Shear 1984, pp. 11–12
Wycherley 1957, p. 31...
- cyma are the cyma recta, in
which the
upper curve is concave, and the
cyma reversa (also
known as the ogee), in
which the
lower curve is concave. Cyrto-style...
- ****
cyma Uppermost molding, of the
cornice in the
classical order, and made of the s-shaped
cyma molding (either
cyma recta or
cyma reversa), combining...
-
transition moulding which is in
three stages—torus (semi-circular),
cyma reversa, and cavetto—taking the
lower part of the
structure just over 6 feet...
