Evolution in art: as illustrated by the life-histories of designs (1895)
Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940 · London, W. Scott, ltd. · leaf 192
i.58 EVOLUTION IN ART. Mr. Goodyear has an elaborate study of the evolution of the Ionic capital (Fig. 82) from the anthemion. A German architect and critic, Semper,1 appears to have been the first to derive the Ionic capital from the volutes of the Assyrian palmette (PL VIII., Figs. 9, 10) by a… … Fig. 83.— Early form of Ionic need to seek an Assyrian origin capital from Neandreia: after c .1 • 1 u n .1 Clarke capital when all the intermediate stages can be found in Egypt and in the Greek Islands. In Fig. 84 and Fig. 130, f, we have a lotus with curling Fig. 84.— Lotus design from a…
Decoration and ornament · Art, Primitive
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