Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 136
ntefix^e, acroteria and ridge-tiles were the chief of these ceramic ornaments. Theydisplay manj^ of the motives and patterns of pottery-decoration, in modified form and richer coloring, in whichgreen and yellow were used as well as red and black:frets, anthemions, the egg-and-dart, guilloche and… … Fig. 1+0. Apulian Vase;Sevres Museum. 109 CHAPTER VIII GREEK ORXA:srENT, II Architectural Decoration. In the apphcation of the arts of decoration to architec-ture, the Greeks attained an extraordinary degree ofperfection within a comparatively narrow field. Theartistic reserve was even more…
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