The Principles of Ornament |
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abacus acanthus Alfred Stevens angles architecture architrave artists astragal axis bands beautiful Bisect Byzantine called capital carved catenary cauliculi ceiling centre circular circumference colour columns composition contrast Corinthian cornice curved cyma cymatium decoration describe a circle diameter diapers division Doric draw echinus Egyptian Egyptian lotus Ellipse emblem enriched entablature Erechtheum examples fascias fillets floral ornament flowers foliage forms frets frieze geometrical GEORGE AITCHISON given circle Gothic Greek hexagon horizontal human figure imitation inlaid inscribe Ionic Italian Japanese Jupiter leaf leaves marble ment monument of Lysikrates mouldings nature ogee orna ornamental art ornamentalists ovolo painted paper-hangings Parabola parallel pattern pilaster plain plants points polygon Principles of Ornament radiating radius describe relief Renaissance required circles Roman Saracenic scroll sculpture seen semicircle shade sides soffit sometimes space spandrels spiral square stem straight line surface symmetrical tangent Temple triangle triglyphs variety vases vertical Vitruvius volutes woven