modenaturen.

Brit.

/məˈdeɪnətjʊə/,

/məˈdeɪnətʃʊə/,

/məˈdeɪnətʃə/, U.S.

/məˈdeɪnətʃər/

Forms: 1600s 1900s– modenature, 1900s– modénature.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French modénature.

Etymology: < French modénature (1572 in Middle French) < Italian modanatura (a1571; 1563 as modenatura ) < modano architectural moulding (14th cent.; < classical Latin modulus modulus n.) + -atura -ature suffix.The French word was reborrowed in the 20th cent.

Architecture. rare before 20th cent.

The arrangement of mouldings to form a cornice; a series of such mouldings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > cornice > part of

plinth1610

modenature1664

1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. i. 90 Its proportion..requires an enrichment of handsome Modenatures.

1953 Archit. Rev. 114 91 The two outstanding features of the doctrine of Auguste Perret are the insistence on modenature—the profiling and management of projecting features—and the philosophy of the concrete frame.

1959 P. Collins Concrete ix. 197 The only modifications to this structural composition [in Greek architecture] consisted of surface modulations intended to make the forms more pleasing to the eye (namely modénature or profiling), and optical corrections.

1996 K. Frampton in P. Wong & F. Zaccheo tr. V. Gregotti Inside Archit. p. viii There was something almost Perretesque about Gregotti's early work in Novara, where the modénature derived from the mode of construction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modenature
释义	modenaturen. Brit. /məˈdeɪnətjʊə/, /məˈdeɪnətʃʊə/, /məˈdeɪnətʃə/, U.S. /məˈdeɪnətʃər/ Forms: 1600s 1900s– modenature, 1900s– modénature. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French modénature. Etymology: < French modénature (1572 in Middle French) < Italian modanatura (a1571; 1563 as modenatura ) < modano architectural moulding (14th cent.; < classical Latin modulus modulus n.) + -atura -ature suffix.The French word was reborrowed in the 20th cent. Architecture. rare before 20th cent. The arrangement of mouldings to form a cornice; a series of such mouldings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > cornice > part of plinth1610 modenature1664 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. i. 90 Its proportion..requires an enrichment of handsome Modenatures. 1953 Archit. Rev. 114 91 The two outstanding features of the doctrine of Auguste Perret are the insistence on modenature—the profiling and management of projecting features—and the philosophy of the concrete frame. 1959 P. Collins Concrete ix. 197 The only modifications to this structural composition [in Greek architecture] consisted of surface modulations intended to make the forms more pleasing to the eye (namely modénature or profiling), and optical corrections. 1996 K. Frampton in P. Wong & F. Zaccheo tr. V. Gregotti Inside Archit. p. viii There was something almost Perretesque about Gregotti's early work in Novara, where the modénature derived from the mode of construction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664
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