The book of craftsmen; the story of men's handiwork through the ages (1900)
Bruce, Marjory · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 169
itted together. Sometimes the design was stiff and plain, scrolls, cubes, angles, triangles, intersecting ovals and squares ; sometimes it was quite ambitious, like the picture of Bacchus riding on a tiger discovered under Leadenhall Street. Then the sculptor had to carve the Corinthian pillars,… … ALTAR OF THE LARES gods. The builder, besides build- ing temples and palaces, houses, markets, and basilicas,1 played his part in the erection of the great bridges, aqueducts, and 1 In Roman times a ' basilica ' was a sort of town hall, a centre of local government. 135
Decorative arts · Industrial arts
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