s of the great artisthimself. The term arabesque is more appliedto painted than to sculptured ornament,though it is not restricted to the former; butarabesque ornament in sculpture, if not keptvery low in relief, is apt to become grotesque,as is the case with many, or most, of the sculp-tured… … 66 THE DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. Arc, any part of the circumference of acircle. (See Definitions, in First Steps toGeometry, Decorators Assistant, page 14,ante.) Arch, an aperture formed of bricks orstones of a wedge-like tendency, by which it isadapted to resist perpendicular and lateralpressure, so…
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