. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . Fig. 3S. Point ART A\D towns, on Ash-Wednesilay, they drown an inia^ecalled Caraiiientran who represents tlie god ofthe carnival. Argent, Her. The metal silver, representedin engravings by a plain white, Argentan, Point d. Lace made much in thesame way as Point dAlen9on, but
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . Fig. 3S. Point ART A\D towns, on Ash-Wednesilay, they drown an inia^ecalled Caraiiientran who represents tlie god ofthe carnival. Argent, Her. The metal silver, representedin engravings by a plain white, Argentan, Point d. Lace made much in thesame way as Point dAlen9on, but having theflowers bolder anil larger in pattern antl in higherrelief; the foundation, called tlic bride-ground,is also coarser. It takes its name from the littletown of Argentan in Normandy, where it wasmade. (Fig. 38.). Argentella. A name given to a lace made inGenoa, but worked much like Point dAlcn9on. Argive. A school of sculpture, contemporarywith the Attic School of Pheidias; of whichPolycletus was the head. He was the author ofthe Crt/w;/, or law of proportion in sculpture,exemplified in his Doryphorus (spear-bearer);he worked principally in bronze, and was famousfor his chryselephantine statues. A specimenofthe Argive school of sculpture is the Discobolusof Myron (a contemporary of Polycletus) in theBritish Museum. It is an ancient copy in marblefrom the original bronze statue. Closeness toNature is a distinguishing characteristic of theArgive School. Aries or Ram. A battering-ram. It con-sisted of a stout beam, furnished at one endwith an iron head, shaped like that of a ram, and was used to liatter the walls of a city till abreach was elfected. The battering-ram wasat first worked by men, who simply cartied it intheir arms, but ii\ course of lime it was sus-pended from a wooden tower (Fig. 4
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