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 61
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… … VINE-FOLIAGE. Otherwise is the foliage in Fig. 35. The vine-stemruns along the surface. Bracts, leaves, tendrils, clusters,all shoot forth from the vine. There is masterful imita- FlG. 36.
Church architecture
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