Aesthetic manual, to accompany the aesthetic series of drawing books and to be used independently . ightscroll of Fig. 20. Nothing in this book is more worthy of careful study than these Greekforms; and they will tax the students skill to the utmost. They should both be care-fully analyzed in T\Titing, in the light of the principles explained and illustrated underthe subject Decorative Design, Fart I., of the .Esthetic Manual. Lesson 8.—Greek Ornament—Continued. The border at the top of Plate i o is one of the forms of the Greek Fret, meander,or labyrinth, to be extended, as usual, to the righ
Aesthetic manual, to accompany the aesthetic series of drawing books and to be used independently . ightscroll of Fig. 20. Nothing in this book is more worthy of careful study than these Greekforms; and they will tax the students skill to the utmost. They should both be care-fully analyzed in T\Titing, in the light of the principles explained and illustrated underthe subject Decorative Design, Fart I., of the .Esthetic Manual. Lesson 8.—Greek Ornament—Continued. The border at the top of Plate i o is one of the forms of the Greek Fret, meander,or labyrinth, to be extended, as usual, to the right end of the plate. Fig. 21 represents a horizontal anthemion border, the elements being joined by wavelines. Draw it freehand and in a vertical position at the right end of the plate. Afterdrawing the long straight lines, draw the long wave lines as guide lines. Fig. 22 represents the left half of the well-known Ionic Capital, or voluted echinuscapital, from the Temple of Minerva Polias, at Pirene. If the upper part is thought toodifficult for freehand work, it may be completed by W^IMMfMMlMIo o £/. o o o
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