Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 80
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… … /OB with the central stalk, impart that dignity and strengthwhich is highly necessary to architectural foliage, espe-cially when it adorns the bell of a capital (see Fig. no).
Decoration and ornament
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