Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 79
by a square tile (the whole thing suggesting tohim the origin of the Corinthian capital) is plausible,and certainly a pretty one. At any rate, Callimachus is F 66 ELEMENTARY credited with the first use of the acanthus in capitals ofcolumns. The ornamental forms of it bear little resem-blance to the… … ACANTHUS . FROM NATURE. Corinthian and the Roman Composite orders, is more ofan artistic creation, adapted to suit the ends of a grandstyle of architecture as decoration, rather than animitation of a particular leaf. The chief characteristic ofits difference from natural leaves in general is in the…
Decoration and ornament
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