An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 309
Fig. 613. WallofSilex. Silex, R. In general a flint or flint-stone,and thence, by extension, any kind of hard stonehewn into polygonal blocks, as shown in Fig.613. Silhouette, Fr. A profile portrait, or repre-sentation of the shape contained in the outlineof an object, with no attempt to fill in… … Fig. 615. Silver tankard of the i6th century.(Belonging to the Norwich Corporation.) Silver. The history of working in silver isidentical with that of Goldsmiths work in gene-ral. (.See Gold.) /W/tv/ remarks that thout^hPhidias and his contemporaries made greatstatues of gold, many artists who…
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