ound to be prevalent in every branch of theanimal and vegetable kingdoms, it may safely be asserted that the ornamental arts ofGreece were superior to those of Rome. The Romans seem to have preferred thecircle so soon as they had freed themselves from the trammels of their predecessors,the Greeks,… … This ornament, which is a very early specimen of the style in which figures andfoliage are connected, bears a striking resemblance to the Arabesques of Raphael,and confirms the belief that that great artist, in his decorative designs for the Vati-can, followed the general character of the…
Decoration and ornament
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