Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 115
Fig. 126.—Flattened Form of Lotus-leaf Ornament ; Front View and Section i. (P. & C.) times without number, both in painting and in carving inthe round, and in the bas-reliefs of stone, wood, and in 94 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. gold, silver, ivory, and bronze. Among the most frequentis the vulture,… … Fig. 127.—Hunting in a Marsh ; from a Bas-Relief in the Tomb of Ti. (P. & C.) this form as ceiling decoration in the great temples atThebes, on a blue ground diapered with golden stars; theceilings thus are symbolic representations of the heavensat night (Fig. 128]. EGYPTIAN ART. 95 Similar…
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