236 BORDERS AND CRESTINGS of a mosaic pavement in Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, in which a complete wall with towers is represented. The first design in the series from the Trunch screen and the Utica and Tivoli pavement borders are all constructed upon the typical plan ; in each a plain band is… … FIG. 259. FIG. 260. of a building are the builder's way of producing the same design by decorating the sky-line. In this case, the decoration has often had a utilitarian purpose, battlements having been intended to cover the defenders of fortified buildings. They have, how- ever, often become…
Decoration and ornament
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