Aesthetic manual, to accompany the aesthetic series of drawing books and to be used independently . tragicmasks. Much of Roman art is worthy of careful study, but rather to avoid than to fol-low its teachings. The use of animal monsters, as the Triton, the Griffin and Chimera, was a character-istic of Roman as well as of Greek ornament, but it was abundant in the Roman. Some Roman Elements. Triton. A sea divinity having the human figure in the upper part of the body, andin the lower part that of a fish. Griff hi. A fabled monster having the body and feet of a lion, and the head andwings of an
Aesthetic manual, to accompany the aesthetic series of drawing books and to be used independently . tragicmasks. Much of Roman art is worthy of careful study, but rather to avoid than to fol-low its teachings. The use of animal monsters, as the Triton, the Griffin and Chimera, was a character-istic of Roman as well as of Greek ornament, but it was abundant in the Roman. Some Roman Elements. Triton. A sea divinity having the human figure in the upper part of the body, andin the lower part that of a fish. Griff hi. A fabled monster having the body and feet of a lion, and the head andwings of an eagle or a vulture, signifying the union of strength and agiUty. Chimera. A fabled monster having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and thetail of a serpent. 92 .-ES THE TIC SERIES. Term or Termimts. The human head, and sometimes the shoulders, finished atthe bottom with feet, claws, or a plinth, while the middle part often consisted of a squareportion, but often of some other shape, tapering downward. Or it may be defined as apedestal widening toward the top, where it merges into a Fig. I represents a conventional form of the Acanthus Leaf; Fig. 2, the Chimera; Fig. 3, theGriffin ; Figs. 4 and 5. ; Fig. 6, the Triton ; Fig. 7, a Terminus ; Fig. 8, a Continuous Scroll. Roman Architecture. Roman architecture was characterized by stateliness in dimensions, and profuseelegance in ornamentation. The Greeks lived in and worshiped the ideal, the beautiful,while the Romans were eminently practical, and cared more for utility and warlike and domineering in nature, they naturally turned their attention to militaryconstructions, as bridges, aqueducts, and other engineering works. The ground plan of nearly all Greek structures is rectangular, while the Romansoftener used a circular or elliptical form for the ground plot. The Egyptians and the HISl^ORICAL ORiXAJMEXT. 93 Greeks covered their hall and doorways and other openings with the straight horizontal
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