Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 183
ated in a laterparagraph (page 161;see Figures 187 and 201). Figure Sculpture. Figure sculpture playeda far less important partin the decoration of Roman buildings than in the Greekmonuments. The reasons for this have been alreadytouched upon (page 138). Nevertheless the splendiddecorative value of… … Fig. 183. Roman Carved Anthemi- OKS. ROMAN ORNAMENT, II ures (genii and amorini). By a grotesque is meant anartistic combination of heterogeneous Nature-forms, asin Fig. 19o, where an infant figure is provided withwings, and terminates in a superb acanthus scroll inplace of legs. The festoon or…
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