Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 124
inlate Greek art, usually on altars, with symbolic signifi-cance. Purely pictorialrepresentations of men,horses and beasts, whetherpainted or carved, are ex-cluded from the list, asbelonging to pictorial artrather than to pure orna-ment. The chief architecturalmotives not includedabove are seven… … Fig. 1;?6. Architectural Elements. A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT scales and imbrications (also used in painted ornament;not shown in the figure), and the rinceau or branchingscroll (Figure 127). The swastika or fylfot has been omitted from theselists, although occurring on early vases, because it isthere…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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