Jackson, Frank G · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 165
the lower part of theplate will show. A still further development of thisfoliage was brought about by an alteration of the leafedge. In place of the simple and somewhat monotonousserrations that hitherto prevailed, was substituted aricher system, which embraced a greater amount ofvariety; and hence… … GREEK AND ROMAN TYPES. that it is a rendering of certain individual natural leaves(Plate XXX.). So far we have seen that the rudimen-tary forms of acanthus, similar to those appearing in thelate development of Assyrio-Persian Art, were adoptedby the Greeks, and improved upon by the enrichmentand…
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