Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 123
erent objects are almost unknown. Evensuch forms as the Doric capital, or the egg-and-dartmolding, are never exactly alike on two different build-ings. In framing any list ofmotives, it is difficult todraw the line between re-lated forms and to deter-mine when it is proper todistinguish them as… … Fig. 125. Nature-Forms. GREEK ORNAMENT, I group the motives listed below into three groups—geometric, natural and structural. The geometric motives (omitting simple dots, circlesand parallel lines) are six: the fret or meander; thewave or Vitruvian scroll; the spiral, both single andbranched; the…
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