Manual of ecclesiastical architecture. Comprising a study of its various styles, the chronological arrangements of its elements, and its relation to Christian worship (1897)
Martin, William Wallace, 1851- · Cincinnati, Curts & Jennings; New York, Eaton & Mains · leaf 320
theirstems; yet not such leaves as grow, but such as artiststake liberty to create for decorative purposes. A pecul-iarity of this Italian decoration is seen in the animal Its Essential Elements. 297 forms introduced in the capitals, and often one fanciesthat the windings of the curved Hues in the… … ROMANESQUE LINEAI, DECORATIONS. present a marked contrast to those of the Italian Ro-manesque. The straight, not the curved line predomi-nated in Norman ornamentation. Cornices and horizon-tal mouldings had the star-ornament (Fig. 206, /, 2), theblock and arch combined (j,) the rope (5), the…
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