A curlicue, or alternatively curlycue, in the visual arts, is a fancy twist, or curl, composed usually from a series of concentric circles. It is a recurring motif in
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
(as decoration to the
lintel/
architrave above a door), in
calligraphy and in general
scrollwork
The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are plant-scrolls, which l ...
. The word can also refer to a specific kind of
origami
) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of paper into a f ...
, made out of a single strip of paper that can be transformed in many geometric shapes.
Examples
File:SLNSW 22793 Decorative iron gates made by Cyclone Gate and Fence Co for building at Kings Cross taken for Building Publishing Co.jpg
File:Angoulême 16 Cathédrale penture entrée latérale sud 2013.jpg
File:DETAIL SHOWING DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRON RAILING, EAST PORTICO SOUTH FRONT - Casa Frederico Font, 34 Calle Castillo, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR HABS PR,6-PONCE,6-7.tif
File:Detail view of column capital, floor joists, and decorative cast-iron railing; looking SSW from stairs to second floor, E wing. (Ceronie) - Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. HAER ILL,81-ROCIL,3-66-15.tif
File:Gate and fence, Inch near Downpatrick (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1201910.jpg
File:RAKING VIEW OF WROUGHT-IRON RAILING - Dr. John Frissell House, 54 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV HABS WVA,35-WHEEL,32-4.tif
File:2008-06-26 Wrought iron railing curls.jpg
File:Wrought-iron-screen-Paddington-Railway-Station.jpg
File:Penture.porte.eglise.Neuvy.Saint.Sepulcre.png
File:Penture.porte.cathedrale.Schlestadt.png
File:Beringer Vineyards, Napa Valley, California, USA (7612834750).jpg
File:Initial r Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial s Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial t Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Initial x Paulus Frank 1601.jpg
File:Bickham-A.png
File:Bickham-B.png
File:Bickham-C.png
See also
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Scrollwork
The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are plant-scrolls, which l ...
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Arabesque (European art)
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foli ...
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Swash (typography)
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Calligraphy, in which curlicues are a frequent adornment of lavish text
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Sinhala script
The Sinhala script ( si, සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write ...
, the script used to write the
Sinhala language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also s ...
, composed almost entirely of curlicues
Visual motifs
Ornaments
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