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 60
ACANTHUS-LEAF SCROLL. § Decorative Foliage. Nature gave great and beau-tiful forms in its vines and leaves. Nor were the an- Its Inheritance. 37 cient artists unmindful of her innumerable suggestionsthrough the plant-world. An ancient cornice ornamen-tation (Fig. 33) exhibits leaves artistically… … ACANTHUS-PLANT AND ROSETTES. and also the leaf-lobes and clefts. It is an artistic form,and in no sense imitative. A similar artistic treatment of the acanthus-plant isseen in Fig. 34. It is as if the outlines of a shadow ofthe plant had been copied by the sculptor and placed inthe molding of a…
Church architecture
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