Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 67
e outcome of the studvof flowers and plant growth. the That great characteristic form in Greek ornament, the 54 ELEMENTARY anthemion, or so-called honeysuckle pattern, can beclearly traced (not from the honeysuckle), but from theEgyptian lotus flower ; the conventional rendering of thisflower into… … 91 turn copied the anthemion from the Assyrians by theway of Asia Minor : at first we find it archaic and stiff,but full of vitality, as ornament, and well adapted forits various uses and positions, but at last perfected, asin the Erechtheum example, to such a degree of aestheticpurity, that it…
Decoration and ornament
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