Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 91
its cones, two important elements used inthese festivals. Ovid describes the thyrsi as dangerousweapons, literally being spears hidden in clusters ofivy or vine leaves. The two latter plants were 78 ELEMENTARY sacred to Bacchus, and are classed as symbolic onesin Greek and Roman decoration. Early… … F/Q 119 of the other terms ; in art it differs from them in thisrespect, that, while possessing a veiled or hidden mean-ing in common with them, it also must have, to be worthyof its name, an expression of ideal beauty in compositionand form. This abstract quality distinguishes it froman emblem or…
Decoration and ornament
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