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What is the history of the Roman ogee shape?
8. The word ogee has its origin in the French ogive, the pointed arch, or each half of it, consisting of two opposing curves. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities defines it nicely. The curve is visible in Vitruvius's description of Doric cornices: The sigmoid compound of two opposing curves, is of course a Classical molding, also ...