Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 272
nity ofparts, and also for the perfect marriage of sculpture witharchitecture, no buildings have ever been erected to equalthem. The bell of the Corinthian capital, as in the Lysikratesmonument, is surrounded at the base by a row of water-plant leaves ; acanthus leaves spring from these, and outof… … Fig. 302.—Capital of the Lysikrates Monument.; Greek Corinthian. middle ones an upright palmate appears; rosettes areplaced between each of the eight acanthus leaves. Theabacus is moulded and curved in plan. The capital, as a 252 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. whole, is designed in a masterly way, so as to…
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