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 88
ature always to be observed in the works ofthe Byzantines is, that all their imitations of natural forms wereinvariably conventional: so far they have preserved the ancientcustom throughout. It is the same even with animals and withthe human figure: every saint had his prescribed colours,… … Architrave, St. Denis. * Some beautiful specimens have been lately published in the work of Salzenberg,on Constantinople, undertaken under the auspices of the Prussian Government. Y 66 BYZANTINE ORNAMENT. The beauty and effect of Byzantine designs is, however, as oftenowing to their materials as to…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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