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In early Greek architecture, above all in the Ionic order, the volute was developed with particular perfection and grace. From 1957 to 1965, I carried out an extensive investigation into how the violin acquired its singular shape. One aspect of violins that I studied was the strong spiral line of the f-holes and scroll. The present paper compares the constructions of Vitruvius, Alberti and Palladio for the volute to my own analyses performed on the scrolls of historic violins. It also seeks a parallel for constructions of volutes with arcs of different degrees in the volutes of the Medici Chapel by Michelangelo.
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Ekwall, Å. Volutes and Violins: Visual Parallels between Music and Architecture. Nexus Netw J 3, 127–136 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-001-0027-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-001-0027-4