. 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 . and was used to batter the walls of a city till abreach was effected. The battering-ram wasat first worked by men, who simply carried it intheir arms, but in course of time it was sus-pended from a wooden tower (Fig. 40), or a. Fig. 39. Argentella lace. Argentella. A name given to a lace made inGenoa,
. 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 . and was used to batter the walls of a city till abreach was effected. The battering-ram wasat first worked by men, who simply carried it intheir arms, but in course of time it was sus-pended from a wooden tower (Fig. 40), or a. Fig. 39. Argentella lace. Argentella. A name given to a lace made inGenoa, but worked much like Point dAlen9on. Argive. A school of sculpture, contemporarywith the Attic School of Pheidias ; of whichPolycletus was the head. He was the author ofthe Canon, 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 Bam. A battering-ram. It con-sisted of a stout beam, furnished at one endwith an iron head, shaped like that of a ram, Fig. 40. Battering-ram. vertical beam, and worked with the aid of the battering-ram was enclosed in a kindof wooden shed bearing some resemblance to theshell of a tortoise, it was call
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