The decorative periods . D jEcoRATiVEart, to be lasting, mustconvey a meaning. The un-educated mind perceives little indecoration beyond the pictorial, butthe man who knows can obtain muchsatisfaction from his reading of aproperly executed decorative , in viewing a structure, maysee nothing but a decorative resultthat is rather pleasing. The student,on the other hand, can fix, in the useof the symbolism employed, the ob-ject of the structure or the use towhich it is use of the circle, the ellipse, and their subdivisionsin tracery all indicate the Gothic or re-ligious chara
The decorative periods . D jEcoRATiVEart, to be lasting, mustconvey a meaning. The un-educated mind perceives little indecoration beyond the pictorial, butthe man who knows can obtain muchsatisfaction from his reading of aproperly executed decorative , in viewing a structure, maysee nothing but a decorative resultthat is rather pleasing. The student,on the other hand, can fix, in the useof the symbolism employed, the ob-ject of the structure or the use towhich it is use of the circle, the ellipse, and their subdivisionsin tracery all indicate the Gothic or re-ligious character. ^ The LAUREL andtheir introduction totheir symbolic influ-ence. They wereconspicuous in thetree worship of theancient laurel was sacredto Apollo ; it was the ^^^j>^ THE ;JlE INITALIAN RENAISSANCE. \ 94 The Decorative Periods symbol of atonement; conquering heroes were crowned with olive was sacred to Athena; olive branches were the prizesof victory of the Olympian games. The LOTUS and the papyrus played an important part in thesocial life of the Egyptians, Hindoos and Assyrians. Even thepaper of the ancients was made of papyrus. The lotus was asymbol of the recurring fertilization of the land of the Nile, andin a higher sense it indicated immortality. The palm was asymbol of victory. It is easy to understand howthe vessels of religious rites passedinto the decoration of religiousedifices. In the antique style the ALTARS, TRIPODS, CANDELABRA,SACRIFICIAL AXES and SPRINKLERS were introduced naturally. In the Gothic Period the sym-bol of the CROSS, the marks ofPRIESTLY dignity, the suggestionof the PASSION, became part of thedecoration. It was the custom of theGreeks to hang upon the trunks oftrees the weapons which the flyingenemy had left tokens of victory wer
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