Solomonic Column: A Twisted Shaft

A set of twisted Baroque columns. The column shafts are not straight, but twist upwards in a spiral, with carved grapevines and foliage wrapped around their surfaces. The capitals are elaborate Corinthian acanthus leaves, adorned with gold leaf. The columns may be made of marble, gilded wood carvings, or colored marble. They stand in pairs on either side of a fireplace, door, or altar. Avoid: using straight, smooth column shafts, using simplified square pilasters, simplifying the capitals into flat plates, making the columns into non-load-bearing decorative thin slices.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組扭轉的巴洛克柱。柱身不是直的,而是以螺旋的方式向上扭轉,表面纏繞著雕刻的葡萄藤與葉飾;柱頭是繁複的科林斯式捲葉,貼著金箔。柱可能是大理石的、貼金的木雕的,或是彩色大理石的。它們成對地立在壁爐、門或祭壇的兩側。避免:使用筆直光滑的柱身、使用簡化的方形壁柱、讓柱頭簡化成方板、把柱做成不承重的裝飾薄片。