Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 64
While the ornament of the Italian Renaissance wasfounded upon the study of Roman decorative art, it was 24- RENAISSANCE IN GENERAL never an art of mere copyists or imitators. Nearlyevery distinctive ornament-motive in the plastic arts ofthe Renaissance in Italy can be related to a Romanprototype,… … Fig. 10.—Griffix from Tomb in San Dobienico Maggiore, Naples. ceased in Italy after the fall of Rome. Even in employ-ing these forms the Italians departed widely from theRoman practice, altering the details and proportions,and devising wholly new combinations by which theyproduced decorative…
Decoration and ornament
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