. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. tained a certain degree of elegance. The technique,if thoughtless, was often extremely facile. In the best examplesat Rome, and especially in the arch at St. Remi, in France, theornament, though in itself, perhaps, not beyond reproach, issufficiently small in scale to produce that effect of richness whichany small ornament will give when copiously applied to a largesurface. Then, too, such ornaments as the Greek egg-and-dartor heartleaf mouldings are too exquisite to lose all their charm,even unde
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. tained a certain degree of elegance. The technique,if thoughtless, was often extremely facile. In the best examplesat Rome, and especially in the arch at St. Remi, in France, theornament, though in itself, perhaps, not beyond reproach, issufficiently small in scale to produce that effect of richness whichany small ornament will give when copiously applied to a largesurface. Then, too, such ornaments as the Greek egg-and-dartor heartleaf mouldings are too exquisite to lose all their charm,even under Roman debasement. The pure ornament of the Romans, as may be seen fromthe order plates, especially 111. 15 and 18, was as nearly a repro-duction of the Greek, as the Romans could make. Egg-and-darts, heartleaves, anthemia, frets, guilloches, and other motivesstill survived in but slightly changed form. 1 See the Tombs at Petra, for example. It should be said in fairness, however, the Romansnever carried this freak of design to the extent that has been done in modern and Renaissancetimes. 30. U ¥ ¥ JPfei fWJ,^
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