The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 99
FIG. 130. AUGUSTUS AS A YOUTH. Museum of the Vatican. (Wickhoff, Ronton Art, Heinemann, London.) the conventions that governed plant-forms in Greek classic decoration, thechief features of which were the con-ventionalised palm and acanthus leaf.This picturesque and expressive schoolalso threw off… … FIG. 131.—BAS-RELIF.F FROM THE ARCHOF TITUS. The Emperors Triumph. expected return to naturalism appear.It was, however, short-lived. To findlater examples of decoration baseddirectly upon nature, the student ofart must pass over ten centuries andgo to Gothic architecture. After the death of Trajan…
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