Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 143
on a blue ground in the ceiling-panels or coffer-ings of the pteroma or peristyle of the Parthenon andother buildings (Fig. 143), recalling by their graceand freedom of line the finest of the black-on-red vasedecorations. Acroteria, antefix^ and stele-heads werein the earlier examples painted, in… … Carved Details. In nearly all the carved ornament we mav trace theimitation and elaboration of painted ornament derivedprimarily from pottery-decoration. Let us first con-sider the moldings. Five chief motives occur in theirdecoration bv carvint?: the bead-and-reel for smallbead-moldings; the…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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