Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 147
it began to be quite fre-quently used, however, by the latter part of the fifthcentury b. c, as a covering leaf to mask the branchingscrolls of carved anthemions, as in the example fromthe Erechtheion (Figure 149). These earlier examplessuggest the thistle and the aloe quite as much as theacanthus;… … Fig. 15:?. Acanthus Leaf (above);Burdock (below). GREEK ORNAMENT, II (Bassae) in Attica, but now lost. With the develop-ment of carved ornament the leaf was more and morehighly elaborated, ahnost always in association withvolutes or spiral scrolls, chiefly applied to one or an-other of four…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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