Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 66
stianfunereal symbolism, or used purely as decorations.Griffins, sphinxes, masks or mascarons, and other 26 RENAISSANCE IN GENERAL grotesque forms, symbolic in pagan art, were em-ployed freelj^ sometimes perhaps symbolically, moreoften purely as ornaments, for their intrinsic decorativevalue (e.g.,… … Fig. 13.—Mascaron, Palazzo Fossombroni, Arezzo. motives of Christian origin and significance, such as thewinged cockle-shell, the symbol of lifes pilgrimage, thecross, the Agnus Dei, the winged cherub-head, and laterthe palm-branch of the martyr and the victor. The Personal Factor. All the art of…
Decoration and ornament
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