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, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 31
iles on a roof (Fig. 29). They were alsoused in ancient times for decorating the ridgeof a roof. We possess specimens of antefixaremarkable for delicacy of design and execution ;such were the antefixa of the temple of DianaPiopylaea at Eleusis, and the various Etruscanspecimens to be found in our… … Fig. 29. Archaic Antefixa in terra cotta. seen at the Louvre, and in the museums ofPerugia, Florence, and Naples. The Antefixaof the Parthenon were of marble. (Fig. 30.) Antemural. A term referring either to the out-\\ orks protecting the approach to a castle, or tothe wall surrounding the castle.…
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