. Teachers' manual for the Prang course in drawing for graded schools, books 1-6 . Fig- 5- directly from the flower. However this may be, the regal quality of both the flowerand the ornament remains. Ruskin speaks thus in Proserpina : You may rememberthat the fleur-de-lys, which is the flower of chivalry, has a sword for its leaf and a lilyfor its heart. The great popularity of this emblem in France dates from the 13th?century. Various forms of the fleur-de-lis are here illustrated. Figs. 1-5 are of the 13thcentury, Figs. 6-8 of the 14th, Figs. 9 and 11 of the year 1679, and Fig. 10 of theao-e
. Teachers' manual for the Prang course in drawing for graded schools, books 1-6 . Fig- 5- directly from the flower. However this may be, the regal quality of both the flowerand the ornament remains. Ruskin speaks thus in Proserpina : You may rememberthat the fleur-de-lys, which is the flower of chivalry, has a sword for its leaf and a lilyfor its heart. The great popularity of this emblem in France dates from the 13th?century. Various forms of the fleur-de-lis are here illustrated. Figs. 1-5 are of the 13thcentury, Figs. 6-8 of the 14th, Figs. 9 and 11 of the year 1679, and Fig. 10 of theao-e of Louis XIV. These are not only interesting examples of various modificationsof one ornament, but they are also interesting as showing the greater simplicity andstrength of the early Gothic in the 12th and 13th centuries, compared with the com-. Fig. 9. Fig. II. plexity and overloading of the ornament of the later work. Figs. 4, 6, 9 and 11 arenot agreeable in proportion, while Figs. 4-10 lose in character by the many pettydetails. Fig. 10 is distinctly an outgrowth of Fig. 9, the central lobe being almostidentical in the two, and the side lobes of Fig. 10 showing an attempt to modify theside lobes of Fig. 9 by adding acanthus scrolls. The lower part of Fig. 10 seemswholly weak and aimless. BOOK III]. REPRESENTA TIOX. — .\.^ TURE STUD Y. 107 When the njyal families of P>ance ami England united, the fleur-de-lis appearedin EngUsh arms. The shield of Queen Margaret shows theunion of the British lion and the French fleur-de-lis. Pupils will be interested in bringing to school examplesof this figure in modern ornament, or in describing examplesthat they have seen. Of late years there has been a specialrevival of interest in it and it has appeared frequently inwall-papers, book-covers, jewelry, etc.
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