Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (1907)
Strong, Eugénie Sellers · London : Duckworth and Co. ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 151
thosewho are familiar with the conventional forms of thelotus in Egyptian art or of the acanthus in Greek art,it is almost a surprise that even the political Imperialplants, the symbolic laurel and the oak and the olivewere never conventionalized, but showered their shapelyleaves and fruit over… … To face p. 77 lAI.TAi; Ol A.MK.UriL; Loune AUGUSTAN DECORATION 77 No finer or more instructive instances exist than the cupsand other utensils from the treasure at Bosco Reale,with their olive twigs and berries, or their plane leaves.*Other beautiful examples are the cup, decorated withmyrtle…
Sculpture, Roman · Sculpture, Greco-Roman
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