TYPICAL FORMS OF ORNAMENT 49 nations during long periods of time. These are for symbo- the most part devices of symbolical meaning, some 1Jcal still known, some forgotten, formal representations fePresen" /••j L'l-i j« il i i tations. of ideas which have, according to the place and period of their… … FIG. 29. ornament, a large number of decorative elements being directly derived from them. The cross, one of the most simple examples of V. this class of ornamental element, furnishes interesting A wel1- matter for study. In early times, long before its und<%r' adoption as the symbol of the…
Decoration and ornament
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