Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view (1917)
Paris, William Francklyn, 1871- · New York, John Lane company ; London, John Lane · leaf 132
s in Greek Dorictemples filled with thin stone slabs and calledmetopes. Occasionally this tablet takes on theform of a flattened pyramid, and becomes knownas a diamond. Under this aspect it is very fre-quently found in Florentine decoration. TheGreeks and the artists of the Renaissance alsoused… … LU ■- O > ^ Ui to jr -J = :9 < -w o- O I t— ■*-> ^ c . o X § X -o X 2 a
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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