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abacus acanthus Alfred Stevens angles architecture architrave artists astragal axis bands beautiful Bisect Byzantine called carved catenary cauliculi ceiling centre circular colour columns composition contrast cornice curved cyma cymatium decoration describe a circle diameter diapers division Doric draw echinus Egyptian Ellipse emblem enriched entablature Erechtheum examples fascias fillets flat 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 Lysikrates marble ment metopes monument mouldings nature oblong ogee orna ornament ornamental art ornamentalists outline ovolo painted paper-hangings Parabola parallel pattern pilaster plain plants points polygon Principles of Ornament proportion radiating radius describe relief Renaissance required circles Roman Saracenic scroll sculpture seen semicircle shade sides soffit sometimes space spiral square stem straight line surface symbolic symmetrical tangent Temple triangle triglyphs variety vases vertical Vitruvius volutes woven