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
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. … !l 1 LEAF AND BEAD DECORATION. Its Inheritance. 59 tion here. The maker takes from nature his forms, but he bends them as he will, in order to make the vine grace the surface of the frieze. In another ornament (Fig. 36), the leaves are plucked and arranged to suit the artists taste. Or the oak-leaf…
Church architecture
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