| 单词 | acanthus |
| 例句 | Doric columns are the strongest and simplest, Corinthian ones are the lightest and most ornate, adorned with rows of acanthus leaves giving rise to graceful volutes and helices. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It has a handsome portico with the columns' capitals decorated with an acanthus and palm leaf motif taken from the Temple of the Winds in Athens. Elizabeth Gaskell's Manchester home to get £2.5m restoration 2013-02-13T08:17:36Z The show begins its stylistic trajectory with pieces designed in the garland style, a remnant of the 19th century, that explores the motif of ribbons, entrelacs and acanthus swirls set in gold or silver-backed mounts. A Rare Gathering of Cartier's Best 2012-12-06T16:30:20Z Prophets and angels float in clusters of acanthus leaves, tended by mischievous putti. Close Reading: The Belles Heures on Display at the Met 2010-03-31T23:05:00Z In the new show at the institute, the vessels and sculptures are knobby, horned, gnarled and faceted, and trimmed in motifs based on ancient Greek fretwork, acanthus leaves and frilly seashells. Antiques: The Ceramists Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain on View 2012-08-16T20:43:06Z Inside, the shop's walls recall the faded grandeur of stately English homes, clad as they are with white plaster panels and acanthus carvings that, up close, are compounded barnacles, feathers and foxgloves. | The Alexander McQueen Men's Store 2012-11-19T19:01:56Z The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a handful of major works, including a 1920s tourmaline engagement ring with lotus and acanthus prongs. Antiques: New Study of Marie Zimmermann, Metalsmith 2011-11-17T22:32:18Z Clues here include four Ionic columns supporting the portico, multipaned windows and lintels decorated with acanthus leaves, rather than the keystone lintels of the Federal period. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z For the interiors he chose bottle green tiles up to a decorative dado of acanthus leaves or pomegranate, details which remain in many of his stations today. Sixteen London Underground stations get listed status 2011-07-26T15:07:11Z Wiley’s lithe dandy stands amid a lavish network of royal blue acanthus leaves, classical symbol of immortality, and vivid orange poppies, modern British token of remembrance. Review: Obama portraits find good company in L.A. museum show that signals Black lives matter 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z The base of the sculpture is decorated with a four-petalled flower and interwoven acanthus leaves. Suspected 14th-century statue fished out of river in Spain 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The walkways were paved with Italian tile, and half a dozen acanthus leaf-etched fireplaces oozed affluence. Former Senate candidate restores historic Omaha mansion 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z And then she did: a four-inch, three-tined, souvenir pickle fork with an acanthus leaf design and “Washington D.C.” under a tiny image of the Capitol dome. Perspective | Here’s the dirt on odd stuff that people dig up in their yards and gardens 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Hoffman knew that underneath two centuries of accumulated paint layers were detailed acanthus leaves, and he scraped off the paint to reveal one or two. Restoration gives rise to ‘The Accidental Preservationist’ 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z “They don’t bear specific style characteristics that date them, like cabriole legs or acanthus leaves,” she said. Move Over, Eames: Reissued Furniture Classics Are Stealing the Spotlight 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The bird bath is described as three foot tall, stone in a Pompeii ash colour, with a wide basin at the top and an acanthus leaf pattern up the stem. Bird bath thief's apology note to 'devastated' owner - BBC News 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The distinctive Palmyra rose and acanthus leaf motifs directly influenced the 18th Century classical revival in England, and can still be seen on the ceilings of many British country homes. The ancient sites targeted by high-tech guns 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Here are twelve splendid columns of pavonazzetto, of which the two first bear trophies carved above the acanthus leaves of their capitals. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The subjects of the carving may be either figures of men, horses, lions, or the heads and legs of such animals, acanthus leaves, and arabesques. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The kings of arms in England, Scotland and Ireland wear crowns, the ornamentation of which round the upper rim of the circlet is composed of a row of acanthus or oak leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z They had all been strolling up and down in the shade of the so-called Basilica, amid the fern and acanthus. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The brothers Adam designed many exceedingly elegant grates in the shape of movable baskets ornamented with the paterae and acanthus leaves, the swags and festoons characteristic of their manner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Carved acanthus foliage, bulging legs and surfaces, artistic carving and marquetry, and chiselled metal-mountings must be the work of trained sculptors. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Two of these columns have a charming idea in their capitals, where little sea-horses take the place of the acanthus leaf. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Top of stel�, in form of a capital of a pilaster with a palmette between two volutes springing from acanthus leaves, and an egg and dart moulding. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Foliations of acanthus pattern fill in the remainder of the design, making the outline somewhat irregular. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z It is noticeable that the form of acanthus leaf used is Roman, suggesting that Pollaiuolo had access to the reproductions of tomb inscriptions made to the order of Lorenzo de' Medici. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z I asked, preparing to admire the work of art; the tropical foliage of acanthus leaves was so flourishing in the tapestry, and the luncheon had been so good! Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The capitals are formed by the semi-Gothic classical acanthus leaves of the period. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The early Corinthian capital of the single column of the Temple at Phigaleia appears to be copied from a stel� with volutes and an acanthus. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z In this first type of the wrapper stamp these circles containing the numerals are surrounded by foliations of acanthus pattern, and each has a little quatrefoil ornament in the label beneath it. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z Gowned in grey cloth, she had clustered lemon blossoms around the cameo fastening her belt, and across her lap lay a branch of acanthus, its pale, delicate lilac flowers springing among the curved, glossy leaves. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It could not bury itself in acanthus leaves. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The capitals of all these are formed of elongated acanthus leaves, and might be likened to a field of waving maize. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The well-head, with its acanthus leaves at the four corners, reminds one of the Corinthian capital of classical times, and, as a matter of fact, ancient capitals were sometimes used in later periods for well-heads. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z With the transition comes a change in the flowered capitals, from the acanthus to tracery and grotesque animals. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z He laughed, and tapped her shoulder twice with the acanthus spray. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Farther progress could not be made without a direct imitation of the acanthus leaf. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The chevroned arches of the portal are decorated with acanthus leaves and arabesques. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Similar floral scrolling and leafy stem ornament fills the space beyond the pointed shape at the upper end, which is edged with acanthus leaf devices. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z They endeavored to restore the simply classical styles of Greece and Rome, with Greek ornamental figures, such as the acanthus, urns, shells, rosettes, and female heads. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Though generally known as the honeysuckle ornament, from its resemblance to that flower, its origin will be found in the flower of the acanthus plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" England and Spain, in the Renaissance buildings scattered throughout the world, and even in the most modern office-buildings of our great cities, this decoration of acanthus is to be found. Acanthus and Wild Grape The capital baskets are carved with various designs like oak leaves, acanthus leaves, scrolls framing an acanthus leaf at the corner, or corner curls. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album It's yonder," said the tall man, pointing to a large house, handsomely pillared, and overgrown with the luxuriant foliage of the red acanthus; "there it is. One Of Them Tables of Empire design often have brass feet and lyre supports, while others show the rope carving and acanthus leaf. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z It recalls the story of the acanthus leaf and the basket which suggested the Ionic capital. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series The carved acanthus leaves upon the column were beautiful because of their symmetry, harmony of light and shade and clear-cut outline, but the wild grape was perhaps more beautiful still in its natural freedom. Acanthus and Wild Grape The moldings of the arch and archivolt are the result of meticulous work, as well as the sculptures of the capital baskets, with oak leaves, acanthus leaves and scrolls. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album It had no walls, but on a base of seven steps, sixteen columns rose in a circle with the acanthus on the capitals, bearing a cupola of white tiles. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The acanthus leaves are carved with all the jewel-like sparkle and crispness and the play of light and shade of the best period; the life and spring of a living stem are in them. Cathedrals of Spain These we choose, as the mason chooses the acanthus to adorn his capital, because they come naturally to the accustomed hand. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Proudly each column in the stately row Its crown of beauty wears; the sunbeams die Among acanthus leaves that nestling lie Where they were carved two thousand years ago. Acanthus and Wild Grape It is not 17 very like the acanthus, but much liker than any Greek work; though still entirely conventional in its cinquefoiled lobes. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The tamarisk appears afterwards to have given the idea of a subdivision of leaf more pure and quaint than that of the acanthus. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) It was all floreated and meandering design; the motive reminding one of the pine-apple and the acanthus, or of vine stems meeting or parting, but never anything naturalistic for a moment. Needlework As Art I would rather have him show me an acanthus than a finished drawing of the foliation of a capital. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts In wild freedom it climbs over the carved acanthus leaves of the crumbling columns, And weaves a funeral wreath over their dead beauty. Acanthus and Wild Grape But notwithstanding the beautiful color of these plants, resembling the European acanthus, there were so many thorns in them that neither the King nor the horses could find any nourishment in them. In Desert and Wilderness Where the Byzantines use the acanthus, the Lombards use the Persepolitan water-leaf; but the connection of the cornices and capitals is exactly the same. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) The mould grows up, and hides the capital of the fallen column; the acanthus is hidden in earth. Amaryllis at the Fair He educated the popular taste by bringing forth the beauties of the simpler forms of the floral and vegetable world; he delighted especially in displaying the acanthus in varied conventional forms. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference Not one jag of the acanthus leaves is absolutely visible, the lines are all disorder, but you feel in an instant that all are there. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The legs below the acanthus leaves are ornamented with elaborate floral patterns, inlaid, with other inlaid patterns on the connecting braces and around the frame of the marble top. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Between acanthus leaves and flowers In the white marble gaily went Loves and bacchantes all the hours, Dancing about the monument. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Later and less worthy of notice are the coffins of the two first sainted abbesses of the convent of Lorvão, near Coimbra, in which elaborate acanthus scrolls in silver are laid over red velvet. Portuguese Architecture They wonder at Æneas' gifts, and at Iulus there, The flaming countenance of God, and speech so feigned and fine;710 They wonder at the cope and veil with that acanthus twine. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse When chandeliers for candles began to be used in private houses they were hung from ornamental centerpieces of plaster on the ceiling, the motives usually being circles, ovals, festooned garlands and acanthus leaves. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The upper end of handle takes the form of a goddess—Scylla, or Diana with two hounds—ending in acanthus leaves below the waist. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The lower portion is a semicircular pulvinar adorned with acanthus leaves, deeply undercut; the upper portion is occupied by a long inscription in raised ornamental letters to the honour of Justinian, Theodora, and S. Sergius. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture It rests on the Corinthian capital of a very bulbous baluster, is square, and has on each side four beautiful little Corinthian columns, fluted and surrounded with large acanthus leaves at the bottom. Portuguese Architecture Beyond this is a walk, interspersed with the smooth and twining acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It is from Egypt also that Greece took, while diminishing their huge size, its Doric and Ionic orders and its Corinthian capital, in which the acanthus takes the place of the lotus flower. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt But Tom drew an acanthus leaf across his face and showed no signs of moving; so I filled my pipe again, and we missed the train. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories The cubical capitals are of white marble and very beautifully carved with figures of angels and acanthus wreaths. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture From the square or three-sided spaces left between the octagons there project from among acanthus leaves richly carved and gilt pendants. Portuguese Architecture In them will be noticed the Orientalism that occasionally prevails, and shows its Byzantine parentage; a trace of the Greek volute and acanthus leaf is visible in Figs. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture Trenholme's eyes sparkled when he beheld this prize, with its acanthus leaves and roses beaten out with wonderful freedom and beauty of curve. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley The walls were of lapis-lazuli, and the ceiling, of sky-blue enamel, was supported by twelve chiseled pillars of massive gold, with capitals of acanthus leaves of white enamel edged with gold. Laboulaye's Fairy Book The upper storey, containing the library, has eleven windows in a similar classical style, and above there is a bold entablature ornamented with acanthus leaves. The Care of Books Further, the whole of these mouldings are on the inner side carved with a delicate spiral of ribbon and small balls, and on the outer with the same acanthus that runs up the jambs. Portuguese Architecture It is almost a return to the old acanthus leaf, and so completes a cycle of fine art. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture You will see they are Corinthian by the acanthus leaves on the capitals. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol He worked in true German style; wherever scroll-work and simple ornamental designs were required he mingled a variety of leaves and flowers where the acanthus alone had before been used. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The capitals have the larger scrolls or volutes of the Ionic above the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian proper. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch These are a mass of carving, armillary spheres, acanthus leaves, shields upheld by well-carved figures, crosses, and at the top small cherubs holding the royal crown. Portuguese Architecture On each side of the first gateway, at the foot of the steps, were two granite columns, with composite capitals, representing the bust of the emperor Hadrian framed in acanthus leaves. Pagan and Christian Rome He might carve his pillars, and flourish them off with acanthus capitals, and run friezes along his architraves: but always in these three stones, the two uprights and the beam, the trick of it resided. Brother Copas Round about her were huddled the drowsy boys; on the slopes of the steep place where she lay she could see the goats browsing on lentisk and juniper, acanthus, bramble, mountain-ash. Little Novels of Italy This basket happened to be placed just above the root of an acanthus. The Ten Books on Architecture Up the outer side of the jambs are carved sharp pointed leaves, like great acanthus whose stalk bears many large exquisitely carved crockets. Portuguese Architecture The cover of the round ones is in the shape of a tholus, a building shaped something like a beehive, the tiles being represented by acanthus leaves, and the pinnacle by a bunch of flowers. Pagan and Christian Rome But certain it is that Netherlandish illumination, in its border foliages, after the taste for the larger vine and acanthus leaf had superseded the ivy, the drawing is studiously sculpturesque. Illuminated Manuscripts The one almost universal moulding is decorated with acanthus units, and the capitals have acanthus leaves around their bells. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy Among them are large statues exceedingly well made, images of smaller size, and flowers and acanthus leaves gracefully carved. The Ten Books on Architecture On a short stem stands a carefully modelled dish on which rest first leaves, like long acanthus leaves, then between them birds on whose backs sit small figures of boys. Portuguese Architecture How forbidding are the acanthus scrolls, how grim the skulls and cross-bones on these portals! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Why should we, in designing a capital or cornice, still cling to the classic acanthus or honeysuckle ornament, or even the English ivy, when we have such a fund of our own? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 The acanthus, however, went steadily through successive variation until it attained the virile form seen in the best Byzantine work. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy Rich presents, too, he sends for, saved of old From Troy, a veil, whose saffron edges shone Fringed with acanthus, glorious to behold, 757 A broidered mantle, stiff with figures wrought in gold. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The use of the acanthus leaf conventionalized in a strictly primitive fashion characterizes most of the Byzantine work in Italy. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Samphire, wild fennel, cactus, and acanthus clothe them now from crest to basement where the cliff is not too sheer. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Not the traditional Greek acanthus leaf, but the foliage of the North-European oak grows under the hands of the sculptor. The Evolution of Love The lower cap has its faces decorated with scrolls, acanthus wreaths, etc., and usually the corners are strengthened with a decorative unit, leaf or other motive. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy They praise the boy, his glowing looks divine, The words he feigned, the royal gifts he brought, 829 The robe, the saffron veil with bright acanthus wrought. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor A good deal of flat carving, especially in the interlace and acanthus of Ravenna, was accomplished by commencing with a series of drilled holes, which were afterwards channelled into each other and formed patterns. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance By the way, there are few plants more picturesque than the acanthus in full flower. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The tracery round the capitals of pillars is in wonderful preservation, looking as fresh and sharp as on the first day of their creation; instead of the Grecian acanthus Scotch kail being a favourite ornament. My Life as an Author The temple of Esculapius, besides its altar, has retained a very odd capital, Corinthian if you will, but on which cabbage leaves, instead of the acanthus, are seen enveloping a head of Neptune. The Wonders of Pompeii Most chisellers seem to copy their acanthus leaves from the cabbage in their soup. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster I remember a little colored girl in this New York school who was drawing for the pattern she was about to embroider, a carefully elaborated acanthus leaf. The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets Lying among acanthus leaves and asphodels, bound together by wreaths of white and pink convolvulus, we only feel that this is the loveliest landscape on which our eyes have ever rested or can rest. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Grave apostles stand erect beneath acanthus wreaths that ought to crisp the forehead of a laughing Faun or Bacchus. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series After she died in 1694, the white jasmine flower and green leaves were not used so much, and the sea-weed pattern and acanthus became more popular. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Be steady over those acanthus leaves; everybody thinks an acanthus leaf is the easiest thing in the world, whereas it is one of the most difficult before you get to figures. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster From the foundation to the first story are Ionic columns with volutes, then from the base of the tower to the summit are Corinthian columns with acanthus leaves. Là-bas There were, also, wreaths, garlands, festoons and draperies, as well as rosettes, ribbons, bow-knots, medallion heads, and the shell and acanthus leaf. The Art of Interior Decoration They rest on square pedestals, are crowned with acanthus leaves, and continue in powerful mouldings that curve beneath the ceiling and help support it. Over Strand and Field The cabriole legs were often carved with a shell on the knees, the acanthus being used in the more elaborate pieces of furniture, and ended chiefly in a club foot. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today "Remember what I told you about the second indentation of the acanthus," said the elder workman, without looking round; "a light, light hand—no holes in this work!" Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster He stood like a palm tree; about whose acanthus capital droops not more gracefully the silken fringes, than Media's locks upon his noble brow. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I They are of a dark red stone having much of the appearance of a dark red marble; and they are crowned with the acanthus in the manner of the Corinthian school. The New Jerusalem The garden is also enriched by the cucumber, the soporiferous poppy, and the daffodil, and the acanthus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 In the more elaborately carved chairs the arms, legs, splat, and top rail were all carved with acanthus leaves, or designs from Gibbons's decoration. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today I have nowhere else noticed the introduction of olive leaves in Corinthian capitals instead of those of the acanthus; the effect of which is very good. The Idler in France The artful pillars seem trees; and the capitals and friezes acanthus leaves, which in wondrous wreaths and figures form splendid decorations. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English We continue to use the honeysuckle, the acanthus, the fret, the egg and dart, not because they are appropriate to any use we put them to, but because they are beautiful per se. Architecture and Democracy This fruit, which the King prefers to all others, does not grow upon a tree but upon a plant, similar to an artichoke or an acanthus. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The classical orders were used, touched with the spirit of the time, and the fluted columns rose from acanthus leaves set in an urn supported on lion's feet. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today An old basket, with a broken tile at the top of it, and the root of the acanthus within, produced an effect which seemed to Calimachus, the architect, "the work of the Graces." Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Now, what plant suggested this almost indispensable form of ornament, which ranks along with the acanthus and palmetta, and which has also become so important by a certain fusion with the structural laws of both? Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 The honeysuckle and the acanthus leaf, for example, express the idea of successive impulses, mounting, attaining a maximum, and descending—expanding from some focus of force in the manner universal throughout nature. Architecture and Democracy With the acanthus and scroll as their principal units of design, they elaborated and enriched every form that would admit of it. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 There was always a combination of the straight line and the curve, a strong feeling of balance, and a profusion of ornament in the way of scrolls, garlands, shells, the acanthus, anthemion, etc. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The material of the whole is fair white marble, enriched with mosaics, and wrought into beautiful scroll-work of acanthus leaves and other Romanesque adornments. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts At the same place I saw his Proserpine, an ideal bust of great sweetness and beauty, the fair chest swelling out from a circle of leaves of the acanthus. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America He decorated the base and stem and ears with pattern of dainty olive-leaf, or foliated acanthus, or curved and crested wave. Intentions It used religious symbols extensively, but incorporated in its ornament a few pagan elements, such as the acanthus and the scroll. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 The carving consisted of swags and pendants of fruit and flowers, shells, acanthus leaves, scrolls, eagle's heads, carved in relief on the surface. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Those acanthus scrolls and honeysuckle borders, in spite of their consummate finish, fail to arrest attention, leaving the soul as unstirred as the Ovidian cadences of Bembo. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts In decoration, the acanthus was first reproduced in metal, and subsequently carved in stone by the Greeks. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Immense sea-green acanthus leaves, shaded in myrtle green, curled out from the walls. Mary Olivier: a Life Arums and acanthus and ivy filled every hollow, roses nodded from over every gate, while a carpet of violets and cyclamen and primroses stretched over the fields and freighted every wandering wind with fragrance. What Katy Did Next The bellflower, urn, festoons, and acanthus were all favorites of his for decoration. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The acanthus, on account of its graceful form, was generally copied. Outline of Universal History The acanthus design in architectural ornament, the Saracenic decoration on a sword-blade, aim indeed primarily at formal beauty and little more. A Study of Poetry The brow that was pierced by the sharp acanthus wreath, therefore wears the diadem of the universe. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke And this young lady's hair, with no constraint but that of a narrow band across the forehead, clustered and gleamed like a bower of acanthus round that Parian column. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War It developed, finally, into an argument over the treatment of the acanthus motive in rococo ornament. Linda Condon I want to have painted a giant carpenter of the village as I once saw him, his great bare arms upholding a huge white pillar, while blue figures hung above and set the acanthus capital…. The French in the Heart of America Its peculiarity consists in columns with foliated capitals modelled after the acanthus leaf, and still greater height, about ten diameters, surmounted with a more ornamented entablature. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Giustinian drew it from its sheath, displaying a blade exquisitely damascened with acanthus foliage, as he turned to his son. A Golden Book of Venice They are composed of the ears and leaves of the Indian corn, beautifully arranged, and forming as graceful an outline as the acanthus itself. Domestic Manners of the Americans It has a ground of lapis lazuli blue, and upon that is an acanthus figure of fine wood-color; and then, once in a while is a lovely rose and rosebud and green leaf. Memories of Hawthorne The Corinthian order is distinguished by its rich capital, formed of acanthus leaves. General History for Colleges and High Schools At the Palace of the Cæesars, where the very dust is a mélange of exquisite marbles, I saw for the first time an acanthus growing, and picked my first leaf. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe And searching among their roots he found a great flat stone, all overgrown with ivy, and acanthus, and moss. Types of Children's Literature The carvings unearthed in the ruins are very beautiful and most of them in high relief work, representing trailing vines, stately palms, clusters of dates, roses and acanthus. Marvels of Modern Science I would rather he showed me a plant of acanthus even if he drew a capital with less accuracy. Emile At other times it stood abandoned, cobwebs curtaining the narrow windows, farm tools leaning against the walls, and the dust deep on the sea-gods and acanthus volutes of the altar. The Valley of Decision March rains had brought the vegetation into luxurious life; fern, acanthus, brambles, and all the densely intermingled growths that cover the ground about the ruins, spread forth their innumerable tints of green. The Emancipated Here the builders had used the Corinthian column, with the acanthus leaves varied with fruit-designs and with the human figure. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Turn the hippogriff loose to graze: he loves the acanthus that wreathes round yon broken columns. Zanoni Her lip—her beautiful lip trembles: tears are gathering in her eyes—those eyes which, like Pliny's acanthus, are "soft and almost liquid." The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Odo advanced, picking his way among broken ploughshares and stacks of maize, till he stood near the old marble altar, with its sea-gods and acanthus volutes. The Valley of Decision The blue flowers of the slender-leaved flax, combined with the bright hues of the scarlet acanthus, a flower peculiar to the country. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant Do you happen to know how the acanthus design was made? The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth As the Corinthian capital mimics the leaf of the acanthus, so the capitals of these columns imitated the foliage of the vegetation neighbouring them, some aloe-like, some fern-like. The Coming Race Having reached a great square he saw the portico of a palace in the Classic style, whose Corinthian columns reared their capitals of arborescent acanthus seventy metres above the stylobate. Penguin Island There I drank it, my feet resting on acanthus, my eyes wandering from sea to mountain, or peering at little shells niched in the crumbling surface of the sacred stone. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Charm of background, ornamented ceiling, Corinthian columns with acanthus leaves. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Arched capitals with acanthus, ornamented with the American eagle, the nude figure of child, and ornamental design suggesting California fruits. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth It happened that it stood over the root of an acanthus plant. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Those Corinthian columns, with the melancholy drooping of the acanthus and the fretwork and the frieze, by Zimm, are suggestive of Greece. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth |
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