Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 286
xamples{fig. 199) it is rather the stem that has exfoliated and split up into layersof leaf upon leaf, and in like fashion the nodding French head splits intodivisions of horizontal rather than of vertical cleavage, bursting like aclosely packed bud instead of throwing out tendrils of growth. So… … Just so the name acanthus has beenappropriated for the Greek abstraction.VioUet-le-Duc speaks thus of the Frenchforms : Cest una sorte de convention, qui comma elle, mais a laquelle on ne pourraitdonne un nomme despice. ■ Compare the Martin de Champs capitalabovewith anyatChichester. The…
Architecture · Architecture, Gothic
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