. The grammar of ornament . From the Abbey of St. Denis, Paris. iI m ROMAN ORNAMENT. We have not thought it necessary to give in this series any of the painted decorations of theRomans, of which remains exist in the Eoman baths. We had no reliable materials at command;and, further, they are so similar to those at Pompeii, and show rather what to avoid than what tofollow, that we have thought it sufficient to introduce the two subjects from the Forum of Trajan,in which figures terminating in scrolls may be said to be the foundation of that prominent featurein their painted decorations, I HH ?.
. The grammar of ornament . From the Abbey of St. Denis, Paris. iI m ROMAN ORNAMENT. We have not thought it necessary to give in this series any of the painted decorations of theRomans, of which remains exist in the Eoman baths. We had no reliable materials at command;and, further, they are so similar to those at Pompeii, and show rather what to avoid than what tofollow, that we have thought it sufficient to introduce the two subjects from the Forum of Trajan,in which figures terminating in scrolls may be said to be the foundation of that prominent featurein their painted decorations, I HH ?. The Acanthus, full size, from a Photograph. 46
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