Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1860)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 72
s good presumptive evidence of its belonging to the Romanperiod,—or at earliest about a century subsequent to Alexander.The difference of the two leaves used, however, will effectuallyprevent misconception on this point. The same maybe said of thescroll, in anything like an elaborate development:… … Rosette of Scroll. Forum of Trajan. 54 ROMAN ORNAMENT. using the circular, where the Greeks generally used the elliptical.Some Eoman examples of the echinus, from this fulness of curve,are especially bold and magnificent in effect. They are occa-sionally also remarkable for their deep…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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