Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 291
f the Pompeian houses were richly decoratedin strong colouring, where vermilion, black, green, andorange predominated. The subjects were figure groups,animals, birds, and grotesques of all kinds, encased infantastic architectural framings (Fig. 323). Sometimes adead wall of the yard would be… … i^€^^ jI^^XIXE^feXiXE^ I*?- I^l-—Mural Painting from Pompeii. ornament will again be noticed in the second volumeunder the minor arts of these countries. CHAPTER XV. INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. An Aryan race of people came into India about B.C. 2000across the Upper Indus. They settled in the first…
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