. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . la. A name given to a lace made inGenoa, but worked much like Point dAlcn9on. Argive. A school of sculpture, contemporarywith the Attic School of Pheidias; of whichPolycletus was the head. He was the author ofthe Crt/w;/, or law of proportion in sculpture,exemplified in his Doryphorus (spear-bearer);he
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . la. A name given to a lace made inGenoa, but worked much like Point dAlcn9on. Argive. A school of sculpture, contemporarywith the Attic School of Pheidias; of whichPolycletus was the head. He was the author ofthe Crt/w;/, or law of proportion in sculpture,exemplified in his Doryphorus (spear-bearer);he worked principally in bronze, and was famousfor his chryselephantine statues. A specimenofthe Argive school of sculpture is the Discobolusof Myron (a contemporary of Polycletus) in theBritish Museum. It is an ancient copy in marblefrom the original bronze statue. Closeness toNature is a distinguishing characteristic of theArgive School. Aries or Ram. A battering-ram. It con-sisted of a stout beam, furnished at one endwith an iron head, shaped like that of a ram, and was used to liatter the walls of a city till abreach was elfected. The battering-ram wasat first worked by men, who simply cartied it intheir arms, but ii\ course of lime it was sus-pended from a wooden tower (Fig. 40), or a. Fig. 40. Pattering-ram. vertical beam, and worked with the aid of the battering-ram was enclosed in a kindof wooden shed bearing some resemblance to theshell of a tortoise, it was called by the name ofthat animal (tcstiido) (Fig. 41).i Ark, Clir. A symbol ofthe church. Armanahuasi, Ieruv. The baths of the an-cient Peruvians. They were remarkable f<jr theelegance and luxury displayed in their ornamenta-tion. They were furnished with magnificent foun-tains, some of which threw their jets upwards(///^rrtrt/),others in a horizontal direction {paccha). Armarium, R. A cabinet, cujiboard, or liook-case. Originally a place for keeping arms. Somewere ornamented with plates of brass set in
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