Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 161
he finer materials. This svstem was funda- 133 A HISTORY OF ORNAMENT mentally different from that of Egj^ptian or Greek ar-chitecture, in which stone or marble was the only ma-terial, and temples the chief subjects of architecturaldesign. In these the decoration, other than paintingand free… … FiG. I(i3. Tepidarium, Baths of Caracalla. plied ornament, executed after the completion of themassive structural frame or core of the building (Fig.163). This is the system which has prevailed, and mustprevail, in all styles and in all regions in w hich the chiefbuilding-materials are coarse or…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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