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The evolution of architectural ornament (1913)

Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London, F. Griffiths · leaf 63

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kers adopted theold Classic tradition of the acanthus, but used it in a new spirit, inventingmany different forms of capital in which it could be employed, yetall variations of the Corinthian or the Composite. In this case thecurves of the serrations along the leaf are similar to those which… … Fig. 54—-Balustrade iu the Garden of the Cluuy :Museuni, Paris. Facing page 24.

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