Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art; being an outline of a course of sixteen lectures on that subject, originally prepared for the government schools of design in the years 1848, 1849, 1850 (1856)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877, Finden, A, F., A. F, Halliday, G, Hutton, M. M, Mateaux, G, Rees, M. R, S., H. M, Sheldrick, E, Sparling, H. M, Swallow, Jane F, Wheeler, S. A · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 28
ns has established an extraordinary prestige for the acanthus, but any other materials would answer the purpose. In the anthemions we have a compomid element, a succession or alternation of an harmonic group of curves, in a conventional adaptation of floral forms, as the name anthemion itself… … Anthemion. Apollo Epicurius. Every example of an ornament must have an individuality of detail necessarily, but it is a great mistake to adopt this detail as an essential part of the ornament ; for example, no two Greek
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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