. The grammar of ornament . ficiently so to detach them from the ground. In this the Pompeianartists showed a judgment in not exceeding that limit of the treatment of ornament in the round,altogether lost sight of in subsequent times. We have here the acanthus-leaf scroll forming thegroundwork, on which are engrafted representations of leaves and flowers interlaced with animals,precisely similar to the remains found in the Eoman baths, and which, in the time of Eaphael,became the foundation of Italian ornament. In Plate XXV. we have gathered together all the forms of mosaic pavement, which was
. The grammar of ornament . ficiently so to detach them from the ground. In this the Pompeianartists showed a judgment in not exceeding that limit of the treatment of ornament in the round,altogether lost sight of in subsequent times. We have here the acanthus-leaf scroll forming thegroundwork, on which are engrafted representations of leaves and flowers interlaced with animals,precisely similar to the remains found in the Eoman baths, and which, in the time of Eaphael,became the foundation of Italian ornament. In Plate XXV. we have gathered together all the forms of mosaic pavement, which was sucha feature in every home of the Eomans, wherever their dominion extended. In the attempt atrelief shown in several of the examples, we have evidence that their taste was no longer so refinedas that of their Greek teachers. The borders, formed by a repetition of hexagons at the top andthe sides of the page, are the types from which we may directly trace all that immense varietyof Byzantine, Arabian, and Moresque M 41 ?im , KOMISCH TAFEL XXYL ROMAN o PL XXVI
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