INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
A, B, C, D, E, F, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W.
Figs.
Acanthus leaf (Greek), from a capital of the Tower of the Winds151
Acanthus leaf (Greek), with flowers from a capital of the Choragic Monument of Lysikrates152
Acanthus (Mollis), from nature149
Acanthus (Spinosus), from nature150
Acanthus, soft-leaved, from the soffit of the architrave at the Temple of Jupiter Stator155
Acanthus used on candelabra and small pillars156, 158
Acanthus, modern varieties of sea-weed and poppy-leaved Acanthus 159
Acanthus, olive-leaf variety, from a Roman capital153
Acanthus, olive-leaf variety, from a capital of Mars Ultor154, 187
Arrangement of a wall-paper pattern84
Arrangements for wall-paper or room decoration, improper80-83
Astragal or bead moulding, with its ornament77
Bead and reel78
Book-cover (German), sixteenth century124
Border, upright lily, Greco-Roman120
Borders, Greek113-117
Borders of Medallions in enamelled earthenware by Luca Della Robbia144
Borders, Persian118, 119
Borders derived from the laurel140, 141
Bracts used for “clothing” stems in Scrolls, &c.137, 157
Capital, Greek Doric175
Capital, Greek Ionic176-179
Capital, Greek Corinthian180, 181
Capital, Roman Tuscan182
Capital, Roman Doric183
Capital, Roman Ionic184
Capital, Roman Corinthian185, 187
Capital, Roman Composite188, 189
Capitals (Byzantine), from Sta. Sophia at Constantinople, showing bossing out of ornament A and BB
Catenary, explained at page31
Cavetto and its ornament56, 68
Ceiling from Serlio’s architecture89
Ceiling, portion from the vestibule of St. Spirito (Florence), by Sansovino88
Ceilings, fillings of85-87
Ceilings, panelling of, showing at A an improper and at B a proper arrangement92
Checkers, carved98, 99
Cinque-Cento floral ornament composed of the acanthus, oak-leaf, convolvulus and wild rose130
Circle, ornament derived from24-40
Contrasting decoration on rectangular and circular borders95
Counter-change171
Counter-change pattern, Saracenic172
Cyma recta and its ornament58, 64, 69
Cyma reversa and its ornaments. See Ogee.
Diaper, Saracen101
Diaper, Italian, sixteenth century106, 107, 110
Diaper, Persian influence, sixteenth century100
Diaper, Italian, German origin, sixteenth century107
Door case at the Erechtheum, showing a portion of the Architrave, with the pateræ on the fascia96
Door panels illustrating improper division at A, proper division at B93
Entablature of the ErechtheumC
Entablature of the Caryatid portico attached to the ErechtheumD
Entablature of the Parthenon175
Entablature of the Greek Ionic Temple on the Ilissus176
Entablature of the monument of Lysikrates180
Entablature of the Theatre of Marcellus183
Entablature of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis184
Entablature of the Pantheon, Rome185
Entablature of Jupiter Tonans186
Entablature of the Arch of Titus189
Festoon, or swag27
Finger-plates of different outlines94
Fluted ornaments for flat bands75, 76
Frets, Greek12-15
Frets, Egyptian16
Inscription from an Egyptian tablet162
Inscription (Japanese), “Jiu” or long life163
Interchange173, 174
Japanese decoration1
Japanese decoration, altered2
Kiku-Mon, badge of the Empire of Japan169
Lamp bottoms134, 135
Laurel from nature139
Lemon from nature145
Lily border, Greco-Roman120
Meander44-47
Monograms in Christian art170
Mouldings, profiles of Greek61-66
Mouldings, profiles of Roman55-60
Network, Japanese102
Ogee, Roman57, 71
Ogee, Greek63, 70
Ogee with water-leaf ornament from the Erechtheum70, 73
Ogee, Roman variety, with its ornaments71
Opus Alexandrinum, from a pavement in the Church of San Marco, Rome79
Ovolo, from the Erechtheum, enriched67
Panel ornament, Renaissance128
Panel (Venetian), illustrating balance without symmetry126
Panel, Cinque-Cento127
Panel with trophy of arms and armour133
Panel, design for a carved wood panel from the lemon plant146
Panel arrangement from the tiger-lily148
Paperhanging, design from the wild rose143
PateraFrontispiece
Pear-tree, winter aspect, illustrating “balance” in nature160
Pilaster, designed by Donatello121
Pilaster panel, Cinque-Cento122
Pilaster decoration, Italian123
Placque, in silver repoussé work, German seventeenth century125
Powdering, Japanese103, 105
Reduction of similar ornament in different spaces E, 105
Reeded ornaments for flat bands, &c.76A, 76B
Root forms, Mediæval and Oriental138
Rosettes (Roman), composed of leaf and floral forms136
Scarab, Egyptian symbolic form161
Scroll ornament on the roof of the Monument of Lysikrates53
Shield (Savage) made of cane and ornamented with cut shells and zig-zags97
Spandrel (Gothic), from Stone Church, Kent131
Spandrel, by Alfred Stevens132
Spiral24
Spiral curves, examples of ornament chiefly based on spiral curves 41, 43, 45, 47-51
Spotting84, 103, 105
Straight-lined ornament3-23
Superimposed Japanese powdering104
Symbolic ornament, the Egyptian lotus and water165
Tail-pieces, or “lamp bottoms”134, 135
Tchakra, sacred wheel of Brahma and Vishnu, also the “wheel of fire”168
Thyrsus, staff of the god Bacchus167
Tiger-lily from nature147
Tree of life from an Assyrian bas-relief with worshippers166
Tripod stand on the top of the roof of the Monument of Lysikrates54
Vase, from the Hildesheim treasures129
Vases (Modern and Greek), showing unequal divisions of the height and strengthening horizontal bands90, 91
Wild rose from nature142
Wine-crater. See Vase.
Winged globe and asps, Egyptian symbolic ornament164